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Republic of Iraq Presidency of Council of Ministers National Investment Commission
Investment Map of Iraq
2019
Republic of Iraq
Presidency of Council of Ministers
National Investment Commission
Investment Map of Iraq
2019
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I herby invite you to look at Iraq as
one of the most important places
where untapped investment
opportunities are available in various
fields and where each sector has a
crucial need for investment.
Think about the great potentials and
the markets of the neighboring
countries. Moreover, think about our
real desire to receive and welcome
you in Iraq , we are more than ready
to cooperate with you In order to
overcome any obstacle we may face.
Dear investor:
Investment opportunities found in
Iraq today vary in terms of type, size,
scope, sector, and purpose. the door is
wide open for all investors who wish to
hold investment projects in Iraq,;
projects that would meet the growing
needs of the Iraqi population in different
sectors.
In this map, we provide a detailed
overview about Iraq, and an outline
about each governorate including certain
information on each sector. In addition,
you will find a list of investment
opportunities that was classified as per
the available investment opportunities in
each economic sector in each
governorate. This updated map includes a
number of investment opportunities that
were presented by the concerned
Ministries.
We reiterate our efforts to increase
economic and investment cooperation
with all countries of the world through
continuous efforts to stimulate and attract
investments, reconstruction and
development in productive fields with
added value and to benefit from
experiences in the investment and
management of economic zones. We also
call on international companies and
institutions to expand their steps and establish strong cooperative relations with
vital sectors of the Iraqi economy and to strengthen the bonds of work, investment
and reconstruction.
I can tell you that the doors of Iraq are open to all for reconstruction and
investment. We hope to see you in Iraq and offer you all facilities and guarantees.
Let us work together for an economically prosperous Iraq
With all due respect.. Dr. Sami Al-A'raji Chairman of the National Investment Commission
Introduction
Investment enjoys a great deal of importance by the Federal Government, the National
Investment Commission (NIC) and the Provinces Investment Commissions. They all
support investment due to its fundamental role in economic development in a time when
economic resources began to relatively decrease. Organizing various types of investments
in the national economy is the way for more efficient results compared to leaving
investments to personal decisions without planning. Investment programs, governmental
or direct investment, is one of the economic policies that enhance economic growth and
achive the country’s main goals in building balanced economic development. More over,
relation between investment and economic growth is one of the planning factors through
which economic trends can be known and focuse on main sectors which lead growth in
the right direction. Planning can bring back investment according to growth rates to
achieve the goals that are important for the future strategies. Investment is the trigger for
the new productive energy going side by side with the already existing ones. More
investment means more ability for societies to use the unused economic resources
represented in technical skills, implementing modern production methods, enhance the
types of products, and less cost to compete with local and international markets. In spite
of current circumctances, the National Investment Commission and the Provences
Investment commission steped forward since its foundation throught Law no. 13 for 2006
(amended) to improve development in the country and open up to the outside world. NIC
promoted its activities as a new foundation and tried to attrack local and international
investment in addition to making structural changes in the Iraqi Economy which resulted
in establishing a data base for investors’ guide.
NIC was the first to support private sector through workshops, seminars and local and
international conferences aiming at supporting private sectors and promote international
partnership with international companies and Chambers of Commerce. Also, NIC paied
attention to the reasons behind the delays in investment projects by being active in
amending several laws linked directly or indirectly with investments to enhance
investment opportunities as we believe that governmental investment opportunities will
not be able to improve economy without a clear strategy to attract foreign investment to
our country. Based on investment projects, NIC signed contracts that require cooperation
by all governmental agencies for successful projects. Being professional in dealing with
different agencies is the main reason to encourage well-known investors to enter the Iraqi
market depending on NIC’s One Stop Shop Dept. which provides services to all investors
in addition to issuing visa to investors and staff working in Iraq. Businessmen and
investment companies focus on NIC for its transparency and quick response to meet their
requirements.
The Iraqi economy witnessed important changes in the path of openness and freedom and
the adoption of the forces of supply and demand as basic mechanisms in the economic
relations in a way that facilitates the process of integration in the international economic
system. This is part of our new economic philosophy which contributed positively to
achieving significant growth in many economic indicators, That the Iraqi economy will
be among the most developed economies in the world in the coming years.
Iraq has achieved a number of positive economic developments over the past years
despite the economic challenges, including the global decline in oil prices, the cost of war
on terrorist organizations, law inforcment, reconstruction and returning the displaced
people to their cities, the Iraqi government succeeded in developing an efficient policy to
control inflation and control government spending and structuring The government banks
to keep abreast of developments in the banking business in the world, as well as Iraq
completed a set of policies of standby arrangements with the International Monetary
Fund and the signing of several international conventions.
It is well known that Iraq has considerable human and material resources to achieve
development in Iraq, as well as the availability of many investment opportunities
distributed across different sectors with different investment patterns, most notably direct
investment or investment partnerships with state-owned public companies.
We have also prepared legislation to enhance confidence in the Iraqi economy by
providing legal protection for foreign investments in Iraq through guarantees provided by
the investment law itself in the guarantees and arbitration articles, as well as through the
guarantees guaranteed by Iraq's accession to the Convention of international institutions,
including:
• Activate Iraq's contribution to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).
• Completing Iraq's accession to the World Assosiation for Investment Promotion
Agencies (WAIPA) in 2008 and participating in some of its activities.
• Agreement on the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of tax evasion among
the Arab Economic Unity Council.
• Agreement on Settlement of Investment Disputes in the Arab States.
• Iraq's ratification of the amendment of the Convention for the promotion and protection
of investments and the transfer of capital between the Arab countries for the year 1980
• The approval of the Council of Ministers to join the 1958 New York Convention on the
recognition and implementation of foreign arbitral awards.
This diversity in the economy comes from the strategic tracks and policies developed to
improve the private sector within the directions of the National Development Plan
2018-2022, including:
• Promoting an economic approach based on a leading role for the private sector in all
economic and social activities.
• Raising competitiveness of the private sector and improving its productive and export
efficiency
• Increase demand and expand the local market in order to absorb domestic production
and allocate part of it for export purposes.
• Creating a stable macroeconomic environment that promotes growth.
• Reform of the tax and customs system to simplify procedures and improve the
investment environment.
• Establishment of industrial and investment free zones and economic cities.
• Develop incentives to attract foreign capital.
• Identify and distribute roles between the private sector and the public sector in order to
ensure a gradual transition to a market economy.
• Investment policy that makes the infrastructure sector and basic services priorities of its
strategic objectives (electricity, water, roads and bridges ...), which supports the
effectiveness of private investment and promotes the entry of foreign investment to
Iraq.
• A supportive financial policy from specialized banks (industrial, agricultural, real
estate) and other governmental financial institutions for the purpose of supporting the
principle of competition.
Other tracks of importance in the process of economic reform adopted by the federal
government, including:
Change the structure of the public budget in favor of investment spending directed to
expand production capacities and infrastructure to ensure the provision of the market
need of commodity and service products.
Implementation of the priorities in spending and financial allocations and linking them
to the priorities and strategies for achieving growth over the next five years.
Restructuring consumer spending to ensure optimal rationalization and allocation.
Follow the policy of productive employment in the process of employment in the
public sector.
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The need to activate the funding role of taxes in economic and financial crises.
Gradual adjustment of the budget structure towards changing dependence on oil as the
only source of budget funding in percentage terms.
use oil revenues in the implementation of economic and social development projects,
which are more stable and continuous sources of revenue.
Increas access to finance, especially for SMEs.
Gradually shift to the implementation of the program budget, giving better scope for
follow-up and to assess the efficiency of public expenditure.
Building capacity of financial management personnel.
Table of Content
Page No. Contents Pag No. 1-42 Prelude ………………………………………………….………….……………………… 1.
2 Are you interested in investment in Iraq? ………..………..……… 2. 3-6 Why invest in Iraq?....................................................................... 3. 7-9 A Glance at Iraq's Geography ………….…………………….……….……..…. 4.
10-24 Economic Overview ……………………………..……………………..……………. 5. 25 Banking sector ………………….……………………………………………………… 6. 26 Stock Exchange Market……….…………………….………………………………. 7. 32 Population and Manpower ……………….……………………….……………… 8.
43-73 Provincial Profiles …………………………………………………………………… 9. 44-48 Governorate of Baghdad………………………………………………………….. 10. 49-50 Governorate of Diyala…………….………………………………………………… 11. 51-52 Governorate of Saladin…………………………………………………..……….. 12. 53-54 Governorate of Kirkuk………………….……………………………….……….. 13. 55-56 Governorate of Nineveh…………..………………………………….……….. 14. 57-59 Governorate of Erbil…………………..……………………………………………. 15. 60-62 Governorate of Duhok…………..……………………………………………….. 16. 63-64 Governorate of Sulaymaniyah………..………………………………………. 17. 65-67 Governorate of Anbar………………..…………………………………………… 18. 68-70 Governorate of Wasit………………………………………………………………. 19. 71-73 Governorate of Babylon…………………………………………………………… 20. 74-76 Governorate of Holy Karbala………..………………………………………… 21. 77-79 Governorate of Holy Najaf…………..……………………………………....... 22. 80-82 Governorate of Muthanna……………..………………………………………. 23. 83-84 Governorate of Diwaniyah…………….…………………………………....... 24. 85-86 Governorate of Thi Qar…………………..………………………………………. 25. 87-88 Governorate of Maysan………………..……………………………………….. 26. 89-91 Governorate of Basra……………………………………………………………… 27. 92-94 Investment Zones in Iraq…………………..……………………………………. 28.
95-233 Overview sectors……………………………….…………………………………… 29. 96-100 Oil and Gas sector…………………………….…………………………………….. 30.
101-102 Electricity sector………………………….…………………………………………. 31. 103-104 Communication sector…………………….…………………………………….. 32. 105-110 Health sector…………………………………………………………………........... 33. 111-122 Housing and Infrastructure sector…………….……………………………. 34. 123-129 Transportation sector…………………….………………………………………. 35. 130-153 Industry and Minerals sector…………..……………………………………. 36. 154-157 Tourism sector……………………….………………………………………………. 37. 158-169 Education sector………………….…………………………………………………. 38. 170-177 Service sector …………………………………………………………………………. 39. 178-196 Youth & Sport sector ……………………………………………………………..... 40. 197-232 Agriculture sector………………..……………………………………….......... 41.
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Prelude
This document was prepared by the National Investment Commission (NIC) in the Republic of
Iraq for the purpose of providing a detailed presentation about the available investment
opportunities in Iraq at the level of Provinces and Governmental Ministries.
This document in addition to Investment Guide to Iraq, will help to provide details about
investment, investment atmosphere in Iraq and main travelling information. For help or more
information, do not hesitate to contact us on:
E-mail: [email protected]
Or through
The NIC website: www.investpromo.gov.iq
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Are You Interested in Investing in Iraq? For general information about investment opportunities in Iraq or about how to get an investment
license, please visit the National Investment Commission's website on the internet at the
following link:
www.investpromo.gov.iq For more information or to arrange for a visit to Iraq, please contact the National Investment
Commission on one of the following e-mails:
National Investment Commission [email protected]
Department e-mail One-Stop Shop Department [email protected]
Economic Department [email protected]
Finance and Administrative Department [email protected]
Legal Department [email protected] Public Relations, Promotion and Media
Department [email protected]
Provinces Coordination Section [email protected]
Technical Section [email protected]
Investment Commission of Kurdistan region http://www.kurdistaninvestment.org
Websites of Provincial Investment Commissions:
Commission Website
Baghdad Investment Commission http://www.baghdadic.gov.iq
Diyala Investment Commission http://invesdiyala.com
Saladin Investment Commission http://investsalaaddin.org
Kirkuk Investment Commission http://www.investkirkuk.com
Nineveh Investment Commission http://www.mosulinvestment.org
Anbar Investment Commission http://www.anbarinvest.net
Wasit Investment Commission http://www.wasitic.gov.iq
Holy Karbala Investment Commission http://www.krinves.com
Babylon Investment Commission http://www.bic.gob.iq
Holy Najaf Investment Commission http://www.investnajaf.net
Thi-Qar Investment Commission http://www.thiqarinvest.gov.iq
Maysan Investment Commission http://www.misic.com
Muthanna Investment Commission http://www.misic.org
Diwaniya Investment Commission http://www.investdiw.gov.iq
Basra Investment Commission http://www.investbasrah.com
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Why Invest in Iraq?
Iraq is characterized by having many factors that would attract capitals and investments, due to
the availability of natural resources like oil, gas, lands, and human resources, as well as the large
size of the Iraqi market and the geographic position which creates opportunities for production,
import, and export. All this represents diversified attracting factors that reflect the diversity of
investing opportunities in different economic sectors.
In the light of the change that the economic philosophy of Iraq has witnessed, the goals and
the reasons included in the Investment Law (no. 13 for the year 2006, amended) have contributed
to attacking foreign investment, due to the privileges and exemptions to these projects on the
basis of the following:
1. Adding the developer concept who could be defined as each natural or corporal
person obtaining an investment license in cities construction and investment zones
or any other sector suggested by the National Investment commission after
obtaining the Ministers council approval, and adding the subordinated developer
concept who could be defined as each natural or corporal person to whom a part
of the investment project (of the suggested sectors) ownership is transferred to be
developed.
2. Inserting the phrase of the mixed sector to investment as law was limited to
promote private Iraqi and foreign sector only.
3. Establishing industrial investment projects and warehouses for agricultural sector
on agricultural lands in and outside the fundamental designs.
4. Encouraging Iraqi and foreign investors through facilitating easy conditioned
loans provided that the investor implements 25% of the project, the loans also
granted to the housing projects implementers and to the final beneficiary while
this privilege was previously restricted to Iraqi investors only.
5. The new amendment allowed owning the state lands allocated for housing
projects by Iraqi and foreign investors against estimated fees if the land was
within the fundamental design and without fees if it was out of the fundamental
design of the cities.
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6. Acquiring or leasing lands for Iraqi investors in order to establish land and
industrial investment projects with a lease term up to 50 years that can be renewed
(depending on the project's size and type) in addition to allowing partnership with
foreign investor.
7. Investing in the halted strategic and federal projects in all sectors for the purpose of
completion and rehabilitation.
8. The new amendment obliged the Ministries, independent entities and provincial
municipalities to provide the estates / lands suitable for establishing investment projects
and in case of not committing to this provision, the Ministers council shall have the right
to transfer the estate/land ownership to the National investment Commission without any
fees and the Commission in its turn shall have to allocate the estates/ lands for investment
projects.
9. Entering and taking out the capital allocatted to the project as well as its profits
and revenues in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned law and
Iraqi Central Bank regulations.
10. Circulating shares and bonds in Iraqi Stock Market and acquiring membership in
joint-stock companies.
11. Creating investment portfolios in shares and bonds.
12. Insuring projects with any Iraqi or foreign insurance company.
13. Opening accounts in Iraqi or foreign currency or both in any bank inside or
outside Iraq.
14. Employing and hiring foreign labor in projects alongside local labor.
15. Providing foreign investors and workers the right of residency in Iraq and
facilitating the process of entering and leaving the country for them.
16. Open a branch of the foreign company in Iraq.
17. Register patented for his investment project.
18. The new amendment granted exemptions from taxes and fees for licensed
investment projects for (10) years starting from the date of operation for each
phase of the project phases not to include customs exceptions, while it allowed tax
and customs exemptions for the imported assets providing being imported within
the construction phases before commencing commercial operation for each phase
and according to the fundamental design of the project and the implementation
timetable as the law previously exempted the imported assets for three years
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starting for the date of obtaining the investment license. This was considered an
obstical to investors but it was treated in the new amendment.
The new amendment also exempted housing investment projects from land screening
fees, estate registration fees including the fees of transferring housing units’ ownership to
people.
The new amendment included taxes and customs exemptions granted for environment
friendly preliminary materials imported for the purpose of the commercial operation of
the national nutrition basket materials, medicines and construction materials and
according to the percentage of the local materials contribution in manufacturing which
represent support to local productions.
1- The new amendment exempted estates/ lands allocated for investment projects
from the provisions of the laws and decisions below for their role in hindering
investment:
a- The law of selling and leasing state owned possessions No. (21) for the year 2013
b- The law of Agricultural reclaimed lands No. (35) for the year 1983, the law of
Reorganizing agricultural ownership No. (42) for the year 1987 and the law of
renting reclaimed agricultural lands No. (79) for the year 1985
c- The law of Industrial investment No. (20) for the year 1998 regarding investors
keeping allocated land for himself accordingly.
d- Provision (second) of the decision No. 850 for the year 1979 as amended by the
decision No. 940 for the year 1987
e- Decisions of the dissolved Council of the Revolution Leadership No. 581 for the
year 1981, 1187 for the year 1982, 222 for the year 1977 and 165 for the year
1994.
19. Granting hotels, tourism institutions, hospitals, health institutions, rehabilitation
centers, and educational and scientific institutions additional exemptions from the
duties paid on furniture and the material needed for modernization and renewal
purposes at least once every four years.
20. Covering strategic partnerships with public sector projects in rehabilitating,
operating or establishing in cooperation with privet sector by the advantages of
the Investment Law.
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21. Provide investors with a badge after granting the investment license to enjoy
privileges accordingly.
Concept and Importance of Investment Environment
The importance of the investment environment is noticeable in attracting local and
foreign investments because it includes fundamental aspects to successful investments
and appropriate to investors activity in present and future time. Investment environment
includes all policies, indicators and tools that affect directly and indirectly decisions
regarding economic policies (financial, monetary and trade) in addition to (legal
regulations and infrastructure). It’s also related to other factors such as basic facilities,
laws and regulations, political and security situation in addition to real investment
opportunities, incentives and various markets for production.
We can identify investment environment as (a comprehensive concept focusing on
negative and positive circumstances in making investment opportunities successful ones
and affect investment mobility. It includes social, economic, political and legal situation,
and governmental supporting agencies) .
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A Glance at Iraq's Geography
Iraq has a strategic and effective position in the
world as it represents a crossroad for the
different routes connecting the world continents
and a land bridge leading to naval
communication routes. Iraq is important on both
international and commercial levels. The capital
of Iraq is Baghdad. The country consists of
eighteen Provinces, three of them, Al-
Sulaimanyah, Erbil, and Duhouk, constitute
Kurdistan Region, whereas Basra, Mosul, and Erbil are considered the principal Provinces due to
the large areas and large number of population they enjoy. Iraq's main resources are oil, natural
gas, sulfur, phosphates, iron, red mercury, kaolin clays, bauxite, limestone, gravel and sand.
Geographically, Iraq can be divided into four main areas: the Western Area, the Southern Area,
the Mountain Area, and the Sedimentary Plains Area on the Tigris and Euphrates. The area of the
country is about (438,446) km2. The population of Iraq is about (38.8) million, 19.6 m male and
19.2m female. Most of them live in urban areas.
Iraq has two main rivers which are Tigris and Euphrates, whose lengths are (1850 km) and (2350
km). Both of these rivers rise in Turkey and meet in Al-Qurna City in Basra Province to form
Shatt Al-Arab which in turn flows for another (185 km) before reaching The Arabian Gulf.
Iraq borders Turkey to the north, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Gulf to the south, Iran to the
east, Syria and Jordan to the west.
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Land Borders
The total length of Iraqi borders is (3631) km distributed as follows: (1458) km with Iran, (181)
km with Jordan, (242) km with Kuwait, (814) km with Saudi Arabia, (605) km with Syria, and
(331) km with Turkey. On the other hand, the total length of maritime borders is (58) km*.
Lakes
There are many lakes in Iraq, the most prominent of them
are:
Dowkan Lake, Al-Habaniya Lake, Al-Razaza Lake, Sawa
Lake, Darbendekhan Lake, and Al-Thirthar Lake.
Dams
Dowkan Dam, Darbendekhan Dam, Al-Habaniya Dam,
Al-Faluja Dam, Al-Hindiya Dam, Mosul Dam, Duhouk
Dam, Himreen Dam, Al-Kut Dam, Samaraa Dam,
Qazanya Dam, Al-Itheim Dam, and Hadeetha Dam
Rivers
The Tigris, The Euphrates, Diyala River, Al-Zab Al-
Kabeer River, Al-Zab Al-Sagheer River, Shatt Al-Arab
River, Al-Idhaim River, Al Gharaf river and Al Dejail
river.
Iraq Geography
Source: Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia http://ar.wikipedia.org
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Surface Classification
Iraq's surface can be classified into four main areas: the Western Plateau, the Mountainous Area,
the Sedimentary Plain Area, and the Undulating Area.
Mountains
Sinjar Mountain, Qaradagh Mountain, Himreen
Mountain, Sanam Mountain, Al-Jabal Al-Abyadh,
Kara Mountain, Qindeel Mountain, Helgord
Mountain, Mateen Mountain, Korek Mountain
Marshes
Al-Hamar Marsh, Al-Huweiza Marsh, Al-Jibayish
Marsh, Al-Qurna Marsh.
Islands
Alus Island, Jibba Island, Um Al-Khanazeer Island,
Um Al-Russas Island, Hijam Island, Um Al-Babi
Island, Al-Sindbad Island.
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A Glance at Iraq's Economy
Iraq's economy has showed a good performance for the years 2018-2019, since it varies in its
natural, human, and spatial resources. In addition, it has a healthy economic structure. Given all
that, it represents a very suitable environment for investments. The following economic,
developmental, and social indications support such argument:
Oil Sector
Oil plays a vital role in the development of Iraq's economy as it contributes to GDP about
56% in fixed prices for the year 2018, (according to primary astimation of the five- year
plan 2018-2022) and more than 90% of financial revenues.
Oil sector has achieved a daily production of 4.401 m bpd in 2018 while it was 4.469 m
bpd in 2017.
Gas proven reserves is 132.9f³ trillion.
Iraq has large potentials and competitive experience in sulfur-related industries. It also
produces significant amounts of nitrogen fertilizers and phosphate.
The daily average of oil exports for 2018 (3.836) million barrels / day
The daily average of oil exports for 2017 (3.802) million barrels / day
fixed oil reserves (146.9) million barrels
Table (1)
Oil Sector Indications
Fixed Oil Reserves 1/1/2018 146.9 Billion barrel
Fixed Gas Reserves 1/1/2018 132.9 trillion cubic feet (TCF)
The daily average of oil production for 2017 4.469 m bpd
The daily average of oil production for 2018 4.401 m bpd
The daily average of oil exports for 2017 (3.802) m bpd
The daily average of oil exports for 2018 (3.836) m bpd
Target crude oil 2019 5.000 thousand barrels
Target crude oil 2020 5.000 thousand barrels
*source: Iraqi Ministry of Oil/ studies, planning and followup Dept. according to its letter no.961 on
9/1/2019
Expected financial income according to the plan
First: Oil revenues
Most relevant estimates have agreed that the average price of oil on world markets will
not exceed the threshold of $ 60 per barrel at best, also it will not fall below $ 40 a barrel
in the next five years. The Iraqi Oil Ministry has its own production and export plans for
the coming years as shown below:
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Table (2)
Expected import and export during 2018-2022 strategy
items 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Oil production (m bpd) 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8
Oil export (m bpd) 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 *source: Iraqi Ministry of Planning, National Development Plan 2018-2022
Assuming the exchange rate of the dollar as specified by the Central Bank of Iraq at 1182
dinars per dollar, estimates oil revenues expected annually ranged between 74 trillion
dinars and 103.5 trillion dinars. This makes the expected total oil revenues for Iraq for the
period 2022 - 2018 range between 370 trillion dinars, according to the estimates of the
budget strategy committee and 381.9 trillion dinars, according to estimates of the
International Monetary Fund and about 425.6 trillion dinars, according to optimistic
assumptions of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, the table below showes in details:
Table (3)
Expected oil revenues during 2018-2022 strategy
items 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
International
Monetary Fund
assumptions
75045 74537 76050 77232 79076 381940
Iraqi Ministry
of Oil
assumptions
75715.9 75715.9 75715.9 94914.6 103543.2 425605.5
Budget
Strategy
Committee
assumptions
74033.4 74033.4 74033.4 74033.4 74033.4 370167
Second: Non - Oil revenues
It is not expected that the non-oil revenues in Iraq can achieve a significant development
in light of the continuation of the current economic reality resulting from the financial
crisis and the decline of economic activity and inactive development projects, in both
public and private sector. However, the government's corrective measures related to the
public budget and the search for new revenues have contributed to the fortification of the
financial space available to the state and is expected to continue its impact for the coming
years as shown below:
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Table (4)
Expected non- oil revenues during 2018-2022 strategy
items 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Direct taxes 4996.2 5146.1 5303.4 5466.5 5639.8 Indirect taxes 2213.7 2313.1 2390.7 2471.6 2555.8
Other revenues 5799.8 6038.4 6262.4 6492.3 6728.3 Total 13009.7 13497.6 13956.5 14430.4 14923.9
The expected total for the next five years 2018-2022 will be as shown below
Table (5)
Expected total for the next five years 2018-2022
% Trillion ID Items
84.1 370.2 Oil revenues
15.9 69.8 Non-oil revenues
100 404.0 total expected revenue
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Capital formation of the public and private sectors
The available data for the year 2015 indicates that private sector participation in capital
formation amounted to 34.7% compared to 65.3% for the public sector. In light of the
relevant economic trends and policies, the National Development Plan 2022-2018 aims to
strengthen the role of the private sector and to create appropriate opportunities to play its
real role in the development process, especially in light of the decline of the role of the
state and the suspension of many government projects due to the financial crisis and the
low size of available financial revenues. The development plan aims at the private
sector's contribution in investments to reach in 2022 about 38.3% compared to 61.7% for
the public sector as shown in the following table.
Table (6)
Public /private sector contribution to the capital formation in fixed prices
Serctor Standerd year 2015 Target year 2022
Public sector
%
Private sector
%
Public sector
%
Private sector
%
Agriculture 67.6 32.4 60.0 40.0
Oil 100.0 00 95.0 5.0
Mining 66.4 33.6 66.0 34.0
Transformational
industry 39.5 60.5 30.0 70.0
Power & water 80.8 19.2 75.0 25.0
Construction &
building 43.1 56.9 40.0 60.0
Transportation &
telecommunication 9.9 90.1 5.0 95.0
Trade 13.1 86.9 13.0 87.0
Finance
&insurance 4.1 95.9 4.0 96.0
Services 81.8 18.2 70.0 30.0
Total 65.3 34.7 61.7 38.3
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Monetary Policy
Monetary policy should control both the exchange rate and the rate of inflation. The
sudden fluctuations in exchange rates have a negative impact on the investment climate. It
makes it difficult to study the feasibility of projects and is subject to loss as well. The
inflation rate has an impact on the pricing policies and the volume of production and its
effect on production factors, The more the monetary policy is expansionary, the more
investment attracting it shall be. The monetary policy applied by the Central Bank of Iraq
continued to be stabile, which led to the stability of the rate of inflation and interest, which
reflects positively on the investment climate in Iraq.
.
Foreign exchange rate
Table (7)
US Dollar vs. Iraqi Dinar exchange rates averages for the period (2008-2015)
* Values in Iraqi Dinar
Year Market rate Auction rate
2008 1203 1193
2009 1185 1170
2010 1186 1170
2011 1196 1170`
2012 1233 1166
2013 1232 1166
2014 1214 1188
2015 1247 1187
2016 1240 1184
2017 1203 1182
*Iraqi Central Bank/ annual statistic group
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Chart 3 Iraqi Dinar VS US Dolar rate
Mininstry of Planning/ Centeral Statistical Organization
Interest Rates
Interest rates witnessed massive increase in the period (2005-2015), as it reached at some point
23%. Consequently, investment fields were minimized. In order to reverse this situation, the
financial authority reduced this rate to 6% and later to 3.5% during 2014. In 2015, interest rate in
Iraqi currency was 3.4 in governmental banks, while 3.9 in private banks. Such a move will help
expansion in the investment field, as it motivates investors to borrow money locally in order to
expand their activities in the economic field, which promotes economic development and
economic stability.
Inflation Rate
Annual inflation rates passed 30% in 2007, but it decreased to 2.4% in 2010, only to rise
again in 2011 and 2012 to 5% and 6% respectively. The rise concentrated in the prices of food,
commodities, and rents, which raised consumer prices record. While in 2014 the inflation rate has
reached (2.2%) compared to its value in 2013 as this incensement focused on prices of clothes,
housing, health and education. In 2015 it reached 1.44% the increase was in electricity, gas,
communication, housing and education.
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سعر السوق 12031185118611961233123212141247
سعر المزاد 11931170117011701166116611881187
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
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Table (8)
The Inflation Rate for the period 2014-2015
* Values in Iraqi Dinar
Change rate %
2015 2014 Total of Main Goods and materials
No
0.3- 151.5 152 Non-alcoholic Food
and Drinks
1
0.6 136.5 135,6 Alcoholic drinks and
Tobacco
2
0.7 150.5 149,4 Clothes and Shoes 3
3.3 167.9 162,5 Housing, Water,
Electricity and Gas
4
0.7 124.1 123,2 Supplies, Household
Equipment and
Maintenance
5
2.6 173 168,6 Health 6
0.99 111.4 110,3 Transportation 7
2.7 79.1 77.0 Communication 8
0.18 105.5 105,3 Entertainment and
Culture
9
2.6 171.9 167,5 Education 10
1.3 152.4 150,5 Restaurants 11
0.3- 148.3 148,8 Goods and various
services
12
1.44 148 145,9 General Record number
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Demographic Trends and Economic prosperity
According to the latest estimation (done by the Central Organization for Statistics and
Information Technology in the Ministry of Planning of 2017) Iraq population is about 38.8
million, with an annual average growth of 3%. Hence, Iraq is considered a large, promising,
investment-supporting market, especially when we consider the fact that per capita income has
increased significantly to reach 6000$, creating higher demand for different types of
commodities, goods, and services, and this in turn will lead to more growth and diversity in the
structure and trends of investment activities in Iraq.
Major sectors are: oil and gas, electricity, housing and infrastructure, transport, health,
industry, agriculture, communication, services, education, and tourism.
Major agricultural products are: wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, and cotton.
-2%
4%4%
20%
4%
16%6%
17%
1%
16%
8%
-2%
Chart 4 Propotion of Commidity Groups Goods to
Inflation Rate for the year 2014-2015
Non alkoholic drinks and food
Alkoholic drinks and tobako
Shoes and clothes
Residence, water, electricity, gas
Appliances and mentinance
Health
Transportation
Communication
Culture and Entertainment
Education
Resturants
Goods and different services
Mar
ket
& A
uct
ion
Pri
ce
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GDP
The value of goods and final services produced in a country with a certin period of time. It consist
of public and privat expenditures, capital structure and changes in exports and imports. GDP is
an important indication that reflects the economic stability.
Economic Growth
The National Development Plan 2022-2018 aims to achieve an appropriate economic
growth rate consistent with the rates achieved by the Iraqi economy during the past
periods based on the material and human resources it enjoys, especially with the
maintenance of oil production and the ability to achieve oil exports guaranteeing the
sustainability of financial revenues that can be employed in the productive and service
sectors The growth rate of the oil sector and 6.1% growth rate for all other non-oil
activities (commodity, distribution and service). Although the conviction is available to
the ability of the Iraqi economy to achieve higher growth rates, but taking into
considiration the global instability of oil prices on one hand and the terrorist threats and
security instability on the other hand and other factors that undermine the development
process in the coming years.
First: Gross domestic production
Below we present the table of GDP growth rates at the fixed prices estimated for the
years 2018 - 2022 which were calculated according to the model adopted for the plan.
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Table (9)
The target country's GDP in fixed prices for the years 2018-2022
Sector 2015
stander
d year
Target
growt
h rate
(%)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agriculture 3707.5 8.4 4722.5 5119.2 5549.2 6015.3 6520.6
Oil 100929.2 7.0 125384.0 134787.5 144896.9 155764.2 167446.5
Mining 330.0 1.0 340.0 343.4 346.8 350.3 353.8
Transformati
onal
industry
1535.1 10.5 2071.2 2288.7 2529.0 2794.5 3088.5
Power &
water
2130.7 6.0 2537.7 2690.0 2851.4 3022.4 3203.8
Construction
& building
13768.4 6.8 16772.5 17913.0 19131.1 20432.0 21821.4
Transportati
on &
telecommuni
cation
14313.9 7.0 17535.1 18762.6 20076.0 21481.3 22985.0
Trade 14872.9 8.3 18892.1 20460.2 22158.4 23997.5 25989.3
Finance
&insurance
11815.1 2.6 12760.8 13092.6 13433.0 13782.3 14140.6
Services 19777.8 4.5 22569.8 23585.4 24646.7 25755.8 26914.9
Non - oil
activities
81402.0 6.1 98201.8 104255.3 110721.6 117631.5 125017.3
Total $b 182331.2 7.0 223585.8
189.2
239042.8
202.2
255618.5
216.3
273395.7
231.3
292463.8
247.4
It is clear that the plan aims to increase the gross domestic product and fixed prices to
(292.5) trillion dinars in 2022 compared to (182.3) trillion dinars in 2015 and an absolute
increase of (110.2) trillion dinars and a growth rate of 7%. The main target sectors are the
industry sector 10.5% and the agricultural sector 8.4%. These rates are conditional on the
availability of the necessary investments in both public and private sector.
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Table (10)
Sectorial structure of the GDP compared to the standard year
2022 2018 2015 Sector
2.2 2.1 2.0 Agriculture
57.3 56.1 55.4 oil
0.1 0.2 0.2 Mining
1.1 0.9 0.8 Transformational
industry
1.1 1.1 1.2 Power & water
7.5 7.5 7.6 Building &
construction
7.9 7.8 7.8 Transportation &
telecommunication
8.9 8.4 8.2 trade
4.8 5.7 6.4 Finance &insurance
9.2 10.1 10.7 Services
100 100 100 Total
The distortion of the sectoral structure of the Iraqi economy is a result of siege years,
wars and crises requires many years of planned and systematic work to remove these
distortions. The plan of the coming years seeks a mechanism to correct this imbalance by
working to restore life to the productive and commodity sectors, infrastructure and
service and work to gradually increasing its contribution to the public and private sectors.
The contribution of economic activities other than oil in the estimated GDP for the plan
years is shown below.
Table (11)
Non- oil activities contribution in GDP 2018-2022 (billion ID)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Activity Product % Product % Product % Product % Product %
Goods 26443.9 11.8 28354.3 11.9 30407.5 11.9 32614.5 11.9 34987.6 11.9
Distributi
ve
38056.1 17.0 40924.8 17.1 43980.7 17.2 47270.5 17.3 50812.6 17.4
Services 33960.4 15.2 34976.0 14.6 36333.4 14.2 37746.4 13.8 39217.2 13.4
Gross
domestic
product
223585.8 44.0 239042.8 43.6 255618.5 43.3 273395.7 34.0 292463.8 42.7
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Second: Investment and Growth
Required investment in both public and private sector to achieve the target growth rate of
7% with a total amount of (220.6) trillion dinars equivalent to (186.7) billion dollars
throughout the years of the plan (2022 - 2018) of the amount of 132 trillion dinars is
expected to be provided by the state budget as governmental investment and the rest up to
88.6 trillion dinars reflects the private sector investments in all forms and as shown
below:
Table (12)
Estimated revenues and investments for
2018-2022 plan
Trillion ID
Total envisaged revenues 440.0
Total required investments 220.6
Estimated investment in the state budget 132.0
Envisaged investment in the private sector 88.6
- Governmental investment
The expected governmental investment during the years of the plan is about 132 trillion
dinars, equivalent to 111.7 billion dollars and constitute about 60% of the total required
investment of 220.6 trillion dinars, as shown in the table above.
- Non-governmental investment (private)
The plan envisages that the private sector will contribute 88.6 trillion dinars, equivalent
to 75 billion dollars during the years of the plan 2022 - 2018. It reflects the private sector
investments in Iraq in all its directions and activities, which constitutes 40% of the total
investments required to achieve the target growth rate in the plan.
- Sectoral distribution of required investments In order to achieve the sectorally targeted growth rates, we list below the estimated
investments required annually for each sector of the economy, where it is clear that the
oil sector continues to get a high proportion of investments, around 38.4%, a total of
about 84.7 trillion dinars for the period 2022 – 2018. This comes in line with the need of
this sector for large investments as a capital intensive sector that needs advanced
technology as well as to meet the obligations of the international oil companies. The
infrastructure sectors (electricity, water, construction, construction, transport and
communications) together account for about half the estimated investment up to 49.5% as
the need for electricity and water sector was estimated to around 20.2 trillion dinars for
the next five years, While the estimated investments required for the construction sector
amounted to about 12.2 trillion dinars during the plan years. The required investments for
the transport and communications sector were estimated at 39.6 trillion dinars, which is
required to meet the requirements of reconstruction in the affected areas, in addition to
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the decline in the infrastructure throughout the country with reference that the private
sector is the main contributor in this vital sector, where the proportion of its contribution
to about 90%. The services sector also needs large investments during the years of the
plan estimated at 37.2 trillion dinars and up to 17% of the total investment estimated in
the hope of re-activity to this vital sector that touches the daily needs of citizens. The
production and commodity sectors (agriculture and manufacturing) accounted for 5.6%
of their share, which is low due to weak absorptive capacity, technological backwardness,
unfair competition from imported goods and poor implementation of related procedures
and decisions.
Table (13)
Size of the estimated investments to achieve the target growth
rates in the economic sectors 2018-2022
Billion ID
Sector Target
growth
rate %
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agriculture 8.4 1280.8 1388.4 1505.0 1631.5 1768.5 oil 7.5 14579.5 15673.0 16848.5 18112.1 19470.5
Mining 1.0 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8
Transformational
industry 10.5 787.2 869.9 961.2 1062.2 1173.7
Power & water 6.0 3591.1 3806.5 4034.9 4277.0 4533.7
Building &
construction 6.8 2135.8 2281.1 2436.2 2601.8 2778.7
Transportation &
telecommunication 7.0 6883.0 7362.8 7880.3 8431.9 9022.1
Trade 8.3 14479.9 1568.0 1698.2 1839.1 1991.8
Finance &
insurance 2.6 1077.9 1105.9 1134.7 1164.2 1194.5
Services 4.5 6803.3 7109.5 7429.4 7763.7 8113.1
Total 7.0 38592.2
32.6
41172.8
34.8
43934.2
37.2
46889.4
39.7
50052.5
42.3
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Table (14)
Percentage distribution of required investments
%
Sector Investment (billion ID) %
Agriculture 7574.2 3.4 oil 84683.7 38.4
Mining 28.6 0.01
Transformational
industry 4854.3 2.2
Power & water 20243.3 9.2
Building & construction 12233.6 5.5 Transportation &
telecommunication 39582.1 17.9
Trade 8545.1 3.9 Finance & insurance 5677.2 2.6
Services 37219.0 16.9
Total 220640.0 100
Third: Average per capita
The plan aims at achieving a real GDP growth rate of 7% with a population growth rate
of 2.5%. It is expected that the average real per capita will increase by 4.5%. The average
per capita GDP and fixed prices for 2007 are about 4.9 million dinars in 2015 and about
5.1% Dinars for 2016, where the average per capita is expected to reach about 6.9 million
dinars at the end of the plan in 2022.
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Table (15)
Average per capita during the plan years
Year Target GDP
(billion ID)
Estimated population
(thousand)
Average per capita
Thousand ID
2018 223585.8 38124.2 5864.7 2019 239042.8 39127.9 6109.3 2020 255618.5 40150.2 6366.6 2021 273395.7 41190.7 6637.3 2022 292463.8 42248.9 6922.4
The plan aims to achieve a significant improvement in the standard of living of citizens
by ensuring the suitable employment opportunities in addition to maintaining inflation
rates at the minimum levels through the adoption of fiscal and monetary policies to
maintain the stability of prices, stability of exchange rates and to maintain as much as
possible supporting low-income groups through social security networks and continued
support of the ration card.
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Banking sector Over the past decades, banks
owned by the state in Iraq
conquered the whole banking
sector activities in contrast to
noticeable shrink of the private
sector in this field. Non-banking
financial institutions were
remarked for their weak
performance.
To cope with the aforementioned
and under the political and
economic changes in Iraq after
2003, the government attempted
to carry out vast and vary
reformations in the various
economic/ financial and banking
fields. The latter included the
reformation of the banking sector,
its tools and mechanisms and in
accordance with various views,
so as to get rid of the various
restrictions and obstacles. This has been through the revision of the codes and bylaws led by
the aim of concentrating on competition and opening the local financial market to the
international markets, as this openness insures the enhancement and development of the
banking system to face the elements and factors of competition and risk, in addition to the
technological development and big advancement achieved in the communication and
information systems. This development has led to the reduction of the cost of the financial
procedures over the borders, the enhancement of processing data and accountancy systems,
and reflected, eventually as benefits, whether for the banks or their customers.
The banking system in Iraq consists of (64) banks until 2016, including 7 government banks
and (57) local and foreign private banks. the largest number is in commercial banks (43)
banks, followed by Islamic banks by 18 banks and then specialized banks by (3) banks.
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Iraqi Stock Exchange Market
This market is regarded as one of the institutions which support investment and
contributes to the achievement of stable and sustainable economic development in Iraq. It
contributes to the strengthening of the investment structure and encourages the process of
making capitals through assisting companies to build up the required capitals for
investment and what support the interests of investors, elevates competition level through
a free safe market characterized with transparency. This market has succeeded in gaining
the membership of Arab Stock Markets 2006; the European Asian Union of Stock
Markets 2005, and it exerts its efforts to gain the membership of the International Union
of Stock Markets.
Investment law, Chapter three, Article 11, Advantages and Warrants, stipulates that
foreign investor has the right to circulate at the Iraqi Stock Market by shares and bonds
listed in it and to form investment portfolios.
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Table (16)
Iraqi Stock Exchange Market Indicators 2012-2015
Year Trade volume
(nmillio ID)
Number of
Shares (billion
share)
General Measurement
Index (point)
Number of
listed
Companies
2012 893.825 625.640 125.020 84
2013 2.845.425 875.569 113.150 38
2014 901.172 746.212 998.207 86
2015 495.112 618.726 730 98
2016 515.9 1.038 649 -
Annual Statistic Journal 2015 issued by the Central Bank of Iraq
Trading volume for 2016 was 515.9 billion ID with a rise rate of %4.2 to 2015. Number of shares
for 2016 is (1038.2) billion with a rise rate of %67.8 for 2015 as it reached 617.7 billion in 2015.
Table (17)
Number of companies listed in the Iraqi Stock Market
Year Companies' no.
2008 94
2009 91
2010 85
2011 86
2012 84
2013
2014
83
86
2015 98
*Iraqi Securities Commission/Annual report 2015
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- Trade volume has reached approximately (301) b. Iraqi Dinar in 2008, (411) b.
Dinar in 2009, (400) b. in 2010, (941) b. in 2011, (894) b. in 2012 and (2,845) b.
in 2013 while it was (901) b in 2014 with decrease of 68% compared to 2013 due
to security deterioration in the second half of 2014 and recovered in 2015-2016. In
2015 Trade volume was 495 billion ID.
- Market value of the companies listed at the Iraqi stock Market amounted to
approximately (11451) billion Iraqi Dinar by the end of 2013, with an increase
percentage of 115% compared to 2012 while it was (9546) b ID with a decrease of
6.16% compared to 2013.
- Trade volume has amounted to approximately (2,845) b. Iraqi Dinar in 2013, with
an increase percentage of 217% compared to the previous year while it was (901)
b in 2014 with decrease of 68% compared to 2013.
- Number of the circulated stocks amounted to (875) b. in 2013 with an increase
percentage of 39% compared to the previous year while it was (746) b with a
decrease of 14% compared to 2013. During 2015 it reached 618 b. ID.
Table (18)
Trade volume in Iraqi Stock Exchange Market
*Values in Billion Dinar
Year Trade Volume
2008 301
2009 411
2010 400
2011 941
2012 894
2013
2014
2.840
901
2015 495
2016 515
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Iraq Stock Exchange Market Performance in 2016-2017
1. Trading Volume Trading volume decreased to (386.9) billion ID in 2017 against (426.8) billion ID during
2016 and by %9.4 during 2016. The banking sector occupied the first rank in trading
volume achieving (305.8) billion ID with a rate of (%79.9), the second rank was occupied
by the industrial sector with (37.9) billion ID and a rate of (%9.8), while in the third rank
came the communication sector with (17.6) billion ID and a rate of (%4.5). The session
volume for the year 2017 reached (1.6) billion ID with (234) trading session against (1.8)
billion ID during 2016. Trading sessions were (239) this year while it was 234 during
2016.
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2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
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Table (19) Shows the volume of trading categorized by sector (2016-2017)
The
change
rate from
6201 %
Years
Rate to total %
Sector
2017 2016
-2.3 21.55803 312946.1 1 0.97 Banking
135.9 1030.5 436.9 7 3.0 Insurance
- 99.98 0.005 24.8 8 0.000001 Investment
- 48.4 8311.3 16122.2 5 2.1 Services
- 31.5 37899.1 55294.2 2 9.8 Industrial
- 54.4 11269.2 24727.3 4 2.9 Hotels & Tourism
43.9 4968.3 3453.7 6 1.3 Agricultural
27.8 17609.2 13783.0 3 4.6 Telecommunication
386879.1 426788.1 Total
1823.9 1618.7 Session Rate
2. Number of traded shares
The number of shares traded during the year 2017 decreased to (631.4)
billion shares compared to (917.5) million in 2016 with a decrease of
(%31.2). In 2017, the banking sector ranked first in terms of number of
traded shares, (598.6) billion shares, accounting for %94.8 of the total,
followed by the industrial sector with 21.5 billion shares and %3.4 of the
total, the services sector was the third where the number of shares
traded reached 4.8 billion shares and %0.8 of the total. The average
number of traded shares during the year 2017 was close to (2.6) billion
shares compared to (3.9) Billion shares for 2016.
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Table (20) Shows the number of traded shares by sector (2016-2017)
The change
rate from
2016 %
Years
Rate to total %
Sector
2016 2017
-30.8 864664.7 598565.6 1 94.9 Banking
28.9 1054.1 8.6135 5 0.2 Insurance
-99.98 52.2 0.01 8 0.000002 Investment
-37.5 7732.1 4830.2 3 0.8 Services
-42.1 37133.3 21505.4 2 3.4 Industrial
-76.7 3500.4 814.5 7 0.1 Hotels & Tourism
-34.4 912.2 1225.5 6 0.2 Agricultural
25.1 2493.4 3120.3 4 0.5 Telecommunication
917542.4 631420.1 Total
3921.1 2641.9 Session Rate
Table (21)
Development of foreign trade size with the most important partners in 2013 and 2014 Country 2013 2014 Ratio in
exports%
Ratio in
imports% Exports Imports Exports Imports
Arab
Countries
4082.2 16538.5 3819.8 14818.7 3.9 23.9
EU 16223.7 9827 15177.8 8804.5 15.5 14.2
West Euro 0 692.6 0 620.3 0.0 1.0
East Euro 0 1660.4 0 1487.8 0.0 2.4
n Asia
Countries
64162.6 35707.6 60025.7 31995 61.3 51.6
African
Countries
0 0 0 0 0.0 0
North
America
19363.8 3252 18115 2915 18.5 4.7
Central
America
0 0 0 0 0.0 0
South
America
837.2 622.6 783.5 557.4 0.8 0.9
Oceania
Countries
0 900.2 0 805.7 0.0 1.3
Total 104669.5 69200.9 97921.8 62004.4 100.0 100.0
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Insurance Companies
The number of insurance companies in Iraq reached (34) companies, including three
public insurance companies while the rest are insurance companies belonging to the
private sector. The total assets of the three public companies amounted to 147,727.7
million dinars. The ratio of the assets of each company to the total assets of these
companies is distributed unevenly. The largest market share for the General Iraqi
Insurance Company was the social insurance (78%) of the total insurance of the
company. As for Iraqi Reinsurance Company, the major market share was the fire
insurance by 63% of the total insurance of the company. We do not have enough data
about the Iraqi State Insurance Company.
The share capital of these companies reached 32,000 million dinars. The percentage of
profits of public companies to total assets are as follows: National Insurance Company
67% General Iraqi Insurance Company 13% Iraqi Reinsurance Company 2% Although
the reinsurance company has its assets 42% of the group of public companies, but the
profits rate is low and this is due to several reasons, the most important of which is the
lack of branches to this company.
Population and Manpower
Iraq is rich with several kinds of resources and one of which is human resources as
the available estimations indicate that the rate of the average age between (20-29)
makes Iraq a young country and that most of its population can be enrolled within
the working age category. Available estimates indicate that the average age makes
Iraqi society "young" to become after 2015 and the coming years a society with an
average age as a result of increasing population of young people in the age of youth
and therefore Iraq is exceptionally rich in human resources, the majority of working
age makes the a huge manpower.
The average of the population growth maintained an annual stable rate at 3 %
according to the available statistics until the year 2017.
The age group of less than 15 years have decreased from 41% in 2009 to 40% in
2012 whereas the age group that range between 15-64 years have increased from
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56% in 2009 to 56.9% in 2012 which indicates a raise in the pushing power of
economy.
The youth age group 15-24 years have increased from 20% in 2009 to 20.2% in
2013 the matter that require the government to carry out a developmental policies
to improve job and education opportunities for young people.
Urban areas population have increased to reach 69% of the total population while
the rural areas population did not exceed 31% according to 2017 statistics
Table (22)
Number of Iraq's population for the year 2017 Total Rural Urban
Province Total Females Males Total Females Males Total Females Males
3793982 1855909 1938073 1490057 731644 758413 2303925 1124265 1179660 Nineveh
1629625 809291 820334 423947 209339 214608 1205678 599952 605726 Kirkuk
1660007 821467 838540 841792 414213 427579 818215 407254 410961 Diyala
1796557 873600 922957 896403 436704 459699 900154 436896 463258 Anbar
8318696 4097750 4220946 1037318 503066 534252 7281378 3594684 3686694 Baghdad
2093416 1035666 1057750 1080987 532522 548465 1012429 503144 509285 Babylon
1241273 615113 626160 410360 202705 207655 830913 412408 418505 Karbala
1401442 693952 707490 556802 275842 280960 844640 418110 426530 Wassit
1615924 799674 816250 885843 437512 448331 730081 362162 367919 Saladin
1500522 748212 752310 427823 210548 217275 1072699 537664 535035 Holy Najaf
1311699 650591 661108 559136 276926 282210 752563 373665 378898 Al-Qadisiyah
824831 410342 414489 449522 225592 223930 375309 184750 190559 Muthana
2132149 1061963 1070186 761880 378634 383246 1370269 683329 686940 Thi-Qar
1134968 569547 565421 295871 150286 145585 839097 419261 419836 Maysan
2972162 1479064 1493098 556732 278879 277853 2415430 1200185 1215245 Basra
1896753 939182 957571 316788 158127 158661 1579965 781055 798910 Erbil
1318458 657801 660657 341225 169742 171483 977233 488059 489174 Duhok
2212099 1105523 1106576 336757 166580 170177 1875342 938943 936399 Sulaimaniyah
38854563 19224647 19629916 11669243 5758861 5910382 27185320 13465786 13719534 Total
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Macroeconomic objectives
Financial Policy:
Objectives
Goal 1: correct the public spending structure.
Goal 2: diversify the structure of public revenues and increase the revenues of non-oil
revenues
Goal 3: address the real deficit in the state budget.
Goal 4: Improve public financial management.
Goal 5: Raise private saving rates.
Monetary policy:
Objectives:
Goal 1: To maintain inflation rates within the limits of the decimal point.
Goal 2: To maintain the stability of the local currency exchange rate.
Goal 3: To promote the principles of disclosure, transparency, monitoring and the
establishment of governance systems in the Iraqi banking sector.
Goal 4: Enhancing financial inclusion.
Goal 5: Create a growth-driven credit activity.
Goal 6: Reinforcement of foreign exchange reserves.
Goal 7: Combating the phenomenon of money laundering.
Goal 8: Activate the role of the Central Bank of Iraq in promoting monetary and financial
integration, including capital markets, banking and investment institutions and insurance
companies.
Goal 9: The adoption of information technology in the mechanisms of the Central Bank
of Iraq.
Trade Policy:
Objectives:
Goal 1: Improve the competitiveness of domestically produced goods.
Goal 2: increase the revenues of the general budget.
Goal 3: Achieve equilibrium in the balance of payments.
Goal 4: Promote national production.
Goal 5: To increase the volume of commodity exports.
Goal 6: Increase agricultural and industrial production.
Goal 7: Coordinate macroeconomic policies in Iraq.
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4. Sectorial development objectives of the plan
1-4: Population and labor force
First: Population
Objectives:
Goal 1: couples are free to choose the number of births or spacing between them.
Goal 2: return 100% of the total displaced persons to their original places voluntarily.
Goal 3: achieve population stability in rural and less developed cities.
Second: Labor force
Objectives:
Goal 1: Reduce the unemployment rate.
Goal 2: Develop a planning framework for human resources for more than 5 years.
Goal 3: Invest the demographic window (by governorates).
Third: Wise Governance
Objectives:
Goal 1: Strengthen the rule of law and reduce human rights violations.
Goal 2: Develop the capacity of human rights institutions.
Goal 3: Improve administrative decentralization.
Goal 4: Improve the degree of integrity and transparency and reduce administrative and
financial corruption.
Goal 5: To improve the performance of the administrative system efficiently and
effectively.
Goal 6: Ensure public participation in the decision-making process.
Goal 7: Adopting the electronic governance system as an alternative to the current
administrative style.
Fourth: Activate the role of the private sector and improve the business and
investment environment
Objectives:
Goal 1: increase the contribution of the private sector.
Goal 2: Improve the business and investment environment.
Goal 3: Developing Small and Medium Enterprises.
Goal 4: To establish a genuine participation of the private sector in the process of
reconstruction and development, and share burdens and benefits thereof.
Goal 5: Restructuring public companies.
Goal 6: Private Sector Governance.
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Fifth: Reconstruct and develop the post-crisis governorates
Objectives:
Goal 1: adopt an effective administrative and financial system that responds to the needs
of recovery, the requirements of community stability and sustainable peace-building.
Goal 2: rehabilitate the infrastructure with comprehensive coverage.
Goal 3: revive the sectorial economic activities and optimize the opportunities for
development.
Goal 4: Strengthen human protection and protect against the risks of relapse.
Sixth: Poverty alleviation
Objectives:
Goal 1: Higher and sustainable income for the poor.
Goal 2: Improve the health situation.
Goal 3: Improve the education for the poor.
Goal 4: Adequate housing and a responsive environment to challenges.
Goal 5: Effective social protection for the poor.
Goal 6: Enable and promote the social, economic and political integration of IDPs and
returnees in the liberated areas.
Agriculture and Water Resources Sector
Objectives:
Goal 1: Increase the contribution of the agricultural sector in the gross domestic product
(non-oil activities) from 4.5% in 2015 to 5.2% in 2022. Achieving growth in the
agricultural sector in the target year reaches 8.4%.
Goal 2: Achieving sustainable food security.
Goal 3: Secure the annual demand for water for sustainable uses in the fields of
agriculture, industrial and municipal, and achieve water balance with the possibility of
reducing the annual demand for water to 500 million m³ annually.
Goal 4: Work towards sustainable water resources.
Energy and manufacturing industries
First: Oil and Gas sector
Objectives:
Goal 1: increase the production capacity of crude oil to reach (6.5) million bpd.
Goal 2: increase the export capacity of crude oil to (5.25) million bpd.
Goal 3: raising the crude oil capacity of the crude oil in export warehouses.
Goal 4: raising natural gas production to reach (3500) mf³ per day.
Goal 5: Strengthen proven gas reserves.
Goal 6: To achieve self-sufficiency and export of petroleum products by increasing the
refining capacity to reach (900) thousand bpd.
Goal 7: To strengthen the reservoir energy of petroleum products to secure storage of
2267 m³.
Goal 8: Protect the environment from pollution and address the environmental problems
caused by the oil and gas activity of existing facilities and reduce CO2 emissions.
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Second: Electricity sector
Objectives:
Goal 1: to increase the production capacity in the electrical system to reach (20869)
megawatts.
Goal 2: increase the per capita electricity supply to reach (4041) kWh.
Goal 3: Improve the efficiency of the electrical system.
Goal 4: Improve the quality of services provided to consumers according to categories
(household, government, industrial, agricultural, commercial).
Goal 5: To rationalize the consumption of electricity for different uses and reduce it by
7% annually.
Goal 6: Improve the environmental impact of electricity activity by reducing Co2
emissions.
Goal 7: Enhancing the role of the private sector in managing the production and
distribution sectors.
Goal 8: Promote governance of the electricity sector and its institutions.
Third: Manufacturing and Extraction Industries (excluding Oil)
Objectives:
Goal 1: Increase the contribution of non-oil manufacturing and extractive industries to
GDP by 40% from the base year.
Goal 2: work on finding other sources of funding for public sector projects and limiting
the financing of the investment budget for strategic projects only.
Goal 3: activate the strategies related to this sector and modernize them according to the
industrial strategic developments in Iraq up to 2030 and the implementation mechanisms.
Goal 4: support important strategic industries, especially in the liberated areas, because
they contain minerals and natural gas, which is a major incentive to encourage these
industries.
Goal 5: achieve a sectoral interlinkage between the manufacturing sector and other
sectors and the involvement of the private sector within this threading by using the
potential available to the private sector.
Goal 6: Revitalize geological surveys in order to develop an integrated map of the
country's mineral resources in order to turn them into investment opportunities.
4.4: Transport, Communications and Storage Sector
First: Transport Sector
Port activity
Objectives:
Goal 1: increase the capacity of the existing ports and their Ship canals to 23 million tons
annually.
Goal2: complete the initial construction to begin building Faw port.
Goal 3: Promote private sector involvement in the implementation and operation of port
services.
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Shipping activity
Objectives:
Goal 1: Enhance the role of the national maritime carrier in securing Iraq's trade.
Goal 2: Supporting the role of the private sector in the field of maritime transport.
Air transport activity
Objectives:
Goal1: Improve the performance and development of the role of the national carrier
through a global partnership which enjoys economic efficiency in the field of air
transport.
Goal 2: Supporting the role of the private sector in the field of air transport.
Passenger transport activity
Objectives:
Goal 1: Improve the efficiency of transport activity performance.
Goal 2: Develop the role of the private sector in the transport sector.
Goal 3: Strengthen the role of public transport and support it through administrative and
operational partnerships which enjoy economic efficiency.
Land transport by truck
Objectives:
Goal 1: Enhance the role of the private sector in implementing the comprehensive long-
term transport plan and activate its real participation with the public sector.
Goal2: Join to the international transport agreements and activate the agreements with the
neighboring countries.
Railway activity
Objectives:
Goal 1: Modernize the railway system, develop it and increase its operational capacity.
Goal 2: Improve the level of service delivered in this activity
Goal 3: Strengthen Iraq's geographical location as a link between east and west.
Goal 4: Enhancing the role of the private sector and foreign investment.
Activity of roads and bridges
Objectives:
Goal 1: Increase the length of the road network in all its details and branches.
Goal 2: build a modern maintenance system for the entire land network.
Goal 3: Implementing the traffic control system in an integrated and accurate manner.
Second: Telecommunications Sector
Objectives:
Goal1: increase the contribution of the telecommunications sector to GDP.
Goal 2: meet demand for services at competitive prices and qualities.
Goal 3: Keeping up with the rapid development of the ICT sector.
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Goal 4: Reach everyone.
Goal 5: To make the communication environment safe and informative.
Third: the storage sector
Objectives:
Goal 1: secure strategic stocks of basic crops.
Goal 2: the contribution of the private sector in the management, maintenance and
operation of the silos.
Buildings and services sector
Objectives
Goal1: completion of housing projects under implementation or on hold (including
investment), which is estimated at (700) thousand housing units in all provinces except
Kurdistan.
Goal 2: Provide 100 thousand housing units to be implemented in accordance with the
modern methods and techniques used in the construction of housing units in order to
contribute to filling part of the housing deficit achieved in all governorates, including the
governorates that were destroyed by terrorist operations and military operations.
Goal 3: Establish 100 thousand housing units suitable to provide requirements for
displaced families as a result of terrorist operations, military operations, ambiguities and
transgressors according to the framework document of the National Plan for
Reconstruction and Development of the provinces affected by terrorist and war
operations of 2017.
Goal 4: Provide 50% of the mortgage finance from the private sector investment required
to cover the housing deficit based on economic feasibility studies of projects and
supported by the design prepared according to Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Water and Sanitation
First: Potable water
Objectives
Goal 1: ensure the supply of potable water according to international standards and
access to the share of per capita consumption of clean water to fit the population growth
and at least 250 liters / day per person in Baghdad and provincial centers and 200 liters /
day in the districts and villages.
Goal 2: Improve the quality of potable water.
Goal 3: Reduce the lost by at least 10% of the base year.
Second: Sanitation
Objectives:
Goal 1: increase the percentage of beneficiaries to 97% in Baghdad and 72.66% in the
provinces.
Goal 2: bring treated water to the river according to the standard specifications.
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Culture, tourism and archeology
First: Culture
Objectives:
Goal 1: Complete the ongoing or expected infrastructure projects.
Goal 2: bring up and spread the Iraqi culture in the society.
Goal 3: Promote investment in cultural activity.
Third: Tourism and Archeology
Objectives:
Goal 1: Increase the contribution of tourism activity in the GDP.
Goal 2: Preserve the historical-cultural heritage and revive archaeological monuments.
Goal 3: Enhance the role of the private sector in tourism investment.
Spatial development
Objectives:
Goal 1: Reduce the bilateral spatial development, and reduce the developmental disparity
among provinces.
Goal 2: Strengthen rural infrastructure.
Goal 3: Improve the hierarchy of the urban system and urban renewal of city centers.
Goal 4: Activate urban management and organize cities.
Goal 5: Integration of different transport systems (improvement of the inter-governorate
transport system and the development of urban transport).
Goal 6: Promote decentralization, transfer of powers and participation in the management
of development among governorates.
Human and Social Development
First: Education
Objectives:
First: pre-university education
Goal 1:
Increase enrollment ratios as follows:
Increase the net enrollment rate in kindergartens to 30% in the target year.
Increase the net enrollment ratio at the primary level to 99%.
Increase the net enrollment ratio in the intermediate level to 70%.
Increase the net enrollment ratio in high school level to 45%.
Increase the enrollment rate in vocational education to 7%.
Increase the contribution of private education in the providing educational opportunities
for public and higher education by at least 20%.
Goal 2: Provide the buildings and supplies necessary to accommodate the targeted
numbers of pupils and students during the plan period.
Goal 3: Improve the efficiency of the educational system.
Goal 4: Provide educational services and supplies to create an attractive school
environment.
Goal 5: Develop educational techniques in curriculum modernization.
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Goal 6: Enhance the developmental role of vocational education.
Goal 7: Improve the use of administrative governance in schools.
Goal 8: Develop educational and social guidance and health care.
Goal 9: Develop the methods of testing and evaluation.
Goal 10: Support literacy projects.
Goal 11: Restore the educational institutions that have been affected by terrorism.
Goal 12: Promote coherence and positive values in education.
Second: University education
Goal 13: Improve the international classification of Iraqi universities.
Goal 14: Develop the academic side of Iraqi universities.
Goal 15: Strengthen partnership with the private sector.
Goal 16: Reconstruction and rehabilitation of universities in liberated areas.
Third: Health
Objectives:
Goal 1: Improve and modernize the health system.
Goal 2: Improve the health protection system.
Goal 3: Develop health information management.
Goal 4: Improve the delivery of health services.
Goal 5: Implementing administrative governance in the health sector.
Goal 6: Reduce rates of transitional and non-transitional diseases.
Goal 7: Rehabilitation of health institutions in areas affected by terrorism.
Goal 8: Maximize financial resources and promote health economics.
Forth: Women
Objectives:
Goal 1: Empowering women scientifically and knowledgeably.
Goal 2: Empowering women economically.
Goal 3: Empowering Women Healthily.
Goal 4: Empowering women in areas affected by terrorist acts.
Goal 5: Expanding women's participation in the private sector.
Fifth: Youth
Objectives:
Goal 1: Commit to the implementation of national policies, plans and strategies related to
youth.
Goal 2: Provide an enabling environment for young people.
Sixth: Social development
Objectives:
Goal 1: Reduce the disabled and people with special needs rate.
Goal 2: Improve institutional services provided the disabled and people with special
needs.
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Goal 3: Raising awareness and community participation in educating people with
disabilities and special needs in primary and secondary schools.
Goal 4: Reduce the rate of child labor.
Goal 5: Reduce violence against children.
Goal 6: Reduce juvenile delinquency.
Goal 7: Reduce levels of addiction to drugs, alcohol and smoking.
Goal 8: Reduce the rate of early marriage for females.
Goal 9: Rehabilitation of infrastructure and integration of vulnerable groups in areas
affected by terrorism.
Goal 10: Improve quality of life.
Environmental sustainability
Objectives:
Goal 1: Ensure availability and management of water and sanitation, including:
• Protecting and improving water quality.
• Development of liquid waste management system.
• Preserving the marine and coastal environment.
• Reduction of oil pollution.
• Water harvesting projects.
• Systematic utilization of groundwater.
Goal 2: Address air pollution and its effects, including:
• Protect and improve air quality.
• Control oil pollution.
• Projects to reduce electricity pollution.
• Develop the waste management system.
• Development of energy and environment units.
• Reduction of radiation pollution.
• Integrated management of hazardous materials
Institutional framework and legislation.
Goal 3: Protection, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, including:
• Reducing land degradation and combating desertification.
• Conservation of biodiversity.
• Evolution of the use of alternative materials in agriculture and the trend toward clean
agriculture.
Goal 4: Address climate changes and its impacts
• Protect and improve air quality.
• Development of waste management system.
• Reduction of radiation pollution.
• Integrated management of fragrances.
• Institutional framework and legislation.
• Mitigation and adaptation to climate changes.
Provincial Profiles
- Province of Baghdad (the Capital) [email protected]
- Province of Diyala [email protected]
- Province of Saladin [email protected]
- Province of Kirkuk [email protected]
- Province of Nineveh [email protected]
- Province of Irbil
- Province of Duhok
- Province of Sulaymaniyah
- Province of Anbar [email protected]
- Province of Wasit [email protected]
- Province of Babylon [email protected]
- Province of Holy Karbala info@krinves. com
- Province of Holy Najaf [email protected]
- Province of Muthanna [email protected]
- Province of Diwaniyah [email protected]
- Province of Thi Qar [email protected]
- Province of Maysan [email protected]
- Province of Basra [email protected]
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Province of Baghdad
Historical Background
Province of Baghdad is the capital of the Republic of Iraq. It is situated on the Tigris River. It is the biggest city in Iraq; the second biggest city in the Arab world after Cairo, and the second biggest city in Western Asia, after Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Baghdad is an important point as roads, air, and trains cross at it. It is regarded as the economic, administrative, commercial and educational center and GOI headquarter. Baghdad has been the most important center of the various sciences in the world. It had been the meeting spot of scholars and learners for many centuries. Baghdad has several names, such as, Al-Mudawarrah (the Circular), Al-Zawra (the Deviated), and Dar Ul-Salam (House of Peace). Tigris River passes through the city, dividing it into two halves: Karkh (Western part) and Rusafa (Eastern part). Baghdad has a lot of historical and civilization sites, most important of which is Al-Mustansiriyah School, ancient Islamic mosques, ancient palaces, and the National Museum which embraces the most important civilization, Mesopotamia. . Area: Baghdad has the area of 4.555 km².
Population Inhabitants of Baghdad are approximately (8.318.696), eight million and three
hundred eighteen thousand, six hundred ninety six persons. Almost 83% of the inhabitants of the capital are concentrated in the City of Baghdad itself, while 17% of them reside in its countryside and outskirts as Baghdad is the biggest city in Iraq and the second in area in Asia. These data shows that the density within the municipal boundaries of the city is extremely high. This high density requires more and more housing complexes and other various economic activities.
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Main cities Rusafa District, Karkh District, Kadhimiyah
District, A'adhamiyah District, Al-Sadr District (1), Al-Sadr District (2), Madaien District, Abu Ghraib District, Mahmoudiyah District, Taji District, Tarmiyah District.
Bridges in Baghdad:
Muthanna Bridge, Aa'ima Bridge, 14th of
Ramadhan Bridge, Iron Bridge, Bab Al-
Muadham Bridge, Shuhada Bridge, Ahrar
Bridge, Sinak Bridge, Jumhuria Bridge, 14th of
July Bridge, Jadria Bridge, Hasanain Bridge,
Dora Bridge.
Main activities
The most important activities at the Province
of Baghdad are concentrated in the following
fields:
Oil refining, light industries, financial
services, food manufacturing, tobacco,
furniture, printing, construction, chemical
and plastic material production, and electric
devices.
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Economy at a Glance
The capital Baghdad is regarded the center of the main and commercial activities. The
main important oil industries are concentrated in it. Among these industries is Eastern
Baghdad oil field which includes the biggest fixed reservations, in addition to many
innovated and traditional industries among which are leather, textile, cement, and
tobacco industries.
Baghdad, as well, is a vital and crucial center of financial and banking exchanges
through its financial and banking sector (state and private). The most important
specialized universities, schools, specialized institutes, state and private hospitals are
located at it, in addition to a wide net of roads, international and local transport lines.
Infrastructures
- There is a wide net of main roads and highways which link the capital to its south,
north, east, and west. Among the most important of these is the international
highway which links Baghdad to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in addition to
the international way which links Basra to Turkey through Zakho in the north and
passes through Baghdad, the capital.
- There are a number of important railway lines which link north Iraq to its south.
There is, for instance, (Baghdad- Mosul) and (Baghdad- Basra) railways.
- There is also one of the most important airports (Baghdad International Airport),
which is located at the western part of Baghdad, 16 km away from the center of
the city. In addition, there is a net of land roads which link Baghdad, the capital,
to the international lines, such as, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Turkey, and
Syria.
Education
Baghdad has four state Universities, Baghdad University (est. 1957), Mustansiriyah
University (est. 1963), Technology University (est. 1974), and Nahrain University
(est. 1980) and the Iraqi university. There is also the Technical Institutes Foundation
(est. 1969) which turned to be (Technical Teaching Commission) in 2001. Fine Arts
institutes (6) and teachers institutes (50). There are many private Universities and
Colleges all over the city, in addition, there are almost 2474 primary school and 317
kindergarten, more than 1334 secondary school, and 97 technical institutes.
Health:
Baghdad has 85 public and private hospital, 43 specialized public hospital,
19 general hospital, 4 pediatric hospital, 2 mother and child hospital, 2
maternity hospitals and 16 specialized hospital. In addition to 69 health
center with 357 other health facilities.
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Tourist sites
Baghdad has many museums, most important of which are the National Iraqi
Museum which exhibit the antique treasures of Mesopotamia Civilization, Baghdadi
Museum for Folklore Arts. It has numerous mosques, religious shrines, such as Al
Kadhimiya holy shrine, the Great Imam Mosque in addition to churches and
cathedrals. 288 hotels are located in Baghdad in
different ranks.
1. Mustansiriyah School: This had been the most
important university in the Islamic world
during the Abbasid era. It had gained a wide
reputation in teaching Arabic language;
Theology, Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, Pharmacology, as well as it had
its own university hospital to train its students.
Historically speaking, Mustansiriyah School had been famous for its watch
which had been functioning astronomically; in addition to pointing time, it
depicted locations of sun and moon at any time.
2. Abbasid Palace: One of the important buildings
in Baghdad traced back to the second Abbasid
era. It is situated near Bab Al-Mua'dham, on
the River bank. Historians assign its building
to the Caliph Al-Nasir Li Deen Illah (575- 623
A. H./ 1179- 1225 A. D.).
3. Murjaniyah School: Murjaniyah School which is known today as Murjan
Mosque is situated at Shorja quarter, Rasheed
street. It was named so after Ameen Al-Deen
Murjan who built it in 758 A. H./ 1357 A. D.,
i. e., almost a hundred year after the Abbasid
era. In its early stages, it had been similar to
the Mustansiriyah School, as it had classrooms
and a dormitory department.
4. Baghdad fence and its gates: It is one of the
most striking features of Baghdad. Its walls
were built circularly; its four gates deviated
with 90 degrees for defensive purposes.
Administrative and religious buildings were at
the city center so as people may reach them
easily.
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5. Aqarquf: This is an important historical city. It
is one of the cities which were built according
to Sumerian- Babylonian architectural
concepts. It is situated on 30 km west
northwards of the city center. Its building age
traces back to the 15th century B. C. according
to an order by the King Qurikalzo the first after
whom it had been named.
Aqarquf was built on a prolonged scheme on
natural limestone. The city took its water from a branch of the River Euphrates
(Baiti Inleel), i. e., God Canal, according to the Babylonian naming. People
dedicated for this God the city biggest temple. It is the creative God and God of
air.
The most immanent thing one can see is the city Ziggurat, as it elevates to 57m
above the plain surrounds it while the base was rectangular.
6. Madaien: This is one of the important historical
cities the ruins of which erect on the eastern
bank of the river Tigris, 30 km southwards the
center of Baghdad. It was built during the 2nd
century BC. Its most prominent features are its
high arch, a part of a huge palace on the River
Tigris. Its building time goes back to the middle
of the 3rd century A. D. This Arch is the biggest
and highest brick built Arch all over the world.
Its building design had been developed from genuine Iraqi style of architecture.
Iwan (Hall) idea was developed from the ancient Iraqi buildings. Cities' entrances
frontages and some Assyrian palaces provide clear order of the development of
the idea of Iwan.
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Province of Diyala
Historical Background
Ba'quba is the center of the Province of
Diyala. All over the Province there are
ancient buildings and historical sites which
are considered as tourist sites. Most
prominent of these sites are Prophet Danial
Shrine, Tel Asmer, Tel Abu Uthaina, Tel
Shihab, Zindan, the Abbasid Dam on the
river Al-Uthaim, ancient Saray of Ba'quba,
and the River of Wend). The Province is
characterized for its historical hills which
are traced back to the 5th century B. C.
Location
Province of Diyala is situated in the eastern part of Iraq, between the longitudes (34-
36) and the altitudes (44- 46). The center of the Province is the city of Ba'quba, 56 km
north east of Baghdad. It is boarded by the Provinces of Baghdad, Saladin, westwards,
Sulaimaniyah to the north, Wasit and the Islamic Republic of Iran to the east. The
main paved roads which link Baghdad to Tehran, Baghdad- Kirkuk, Sulaymaniyah
and Irbil pass through the Province.
Area
The area of the Province of Diyala is (17.685) km² which represents 4% of the total
area of Iraq.
Population
Population of the province is (1.660.007) person according to population growth in
Iraq 2.8%
Main cities:
- Ba'quba District
- Baladrouz District
- Khalis District
- Mouqdadiyah District
- Khanaqeen District
- Kifri District
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Economy at a Glance
The economic activities at the Province are concentrated in agriculture because of
being situated on two main sources of water, Diyala River (a main affluent of Tigris
River) and Uthaim River in addition to Himreen and Uthaim lakes with maximum
storage capacity 5.5 bm³ and Qazaniya and Mendly dams with storage capacity of
1.25 mm³ A large number of the manpower is employed in agriculture. Orange is
widely grown in its orchards. Date palm trees are concentrated around Mouqdadiyah
and run north towards Kifri. Olive, wheat, barley, and dates planting are common.
The Province is also famous for cattle breading, poultry, honey heaves, and fisheries.
The best part of its land is characterized by being fertile and plain, beautified by the
mountains of Himreen and Zagros, the two lakes of Himreen and Uthaim, the
orchards of date palms, fruits, farms of vegetables, grains, and dozens of factories.
Education:
The Province has only one University, University of Diyala and two private collages,
Al Yarmook and Mesopotamia collages. There are more than 844 primary school in
Diyala; 44 kindergarten, more than 409 secondary school; 15 technical school 2
institutes for Teachers’ Qualifying, and one technical institute.
Health:
Diyala has 10 governmental hospitals, 3 private hospitals, 54 main medical center and
39 clinics.
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Province of Saladin
Historical Background
Saladin is one of the Iraqi historical
Provinces. Its center is Tikrit. It is
essentially linked to the wake of civilization,
almost 4.000 years ago. Its history has
continued to be present during all the
historical ages of ancient Iraq until the pre-
Islamic era. The province has been named
after Saladin Al-Ayoubi.
The Province is famous for the shrines of the
Imamain Al-'Askariyain (PBUT) (Imam Ali
Al- Hadi and Imam Al- Hasan Al-'Askari 'PBUT') in Samara, Al-Malwiyah minaret,
(Abbasid mosque), Ashiq Palace, Abbasid Caliph Palace, mosque of Abi Dulaf, the
historical city of Ashour at Shirqat on the River Tigris, and overlooks, northwards,
on a wide plain at the end of which is the present city of Shirqat, Tikrit fence, Nun
monastery, and a number of the churches on both banks of Tigris at the city of
Tikrit, and the Seeniyah Dome, northward the present city of Samara, near Ashiq
Palace and the shrine of Saeed Mohamed, Son of Imam Ali Al- Hadi at the city of
Balad, one of the important religious sites in the province.
Location
Province of Saladin is situated northwards Baghdad, the capital, and almost 165 km
away from it. It is bordered by the Provinces of Nineveh and Irbil from the north,
Kirkuk and Sulaimaniyah to the east, Diyala and Baghdad to the south and Anbar to
the west. Saladin has a vital geographical location being the knot of transportation
between the northern and southern Provinces. It has two roads and a railway linking
Baghdad with other provinces in addition to Tigris river passing through it in
250km and the biggest part of Thirthar lake.
Area
The area of the Province of Saladin is 25.807 km².
Population
Population of the Province is (1.615.924) person.
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Main cities:
- Tikrit District
- Dour District
- Samara District
- Balad District
- Peigi District
- Tuz District
- Dijail District
Main activities
Cattle breading, agriculture, oil refinery, animal feed, drug industry.
Infrastructures
One of the main roads that lead to the north passes through the province of Saladin.
In addition, there are roads which link it to Kirkuk to the east, and Haditha and
Qaim to the west. Baghdad- Mosul railway passes through the city of Tikrit, too.
Education:
The Province has only one University, (University of Tikrit), more than 1199
primary school, 42 kindergarten, more than 527 secondary school, 11 Teachers’
Qualifying Institute and many vocational institutes and schools
Health
Province of Saladin has 12 hospital and almost 98 medical center.
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Tourism
City of Samara: The ruins of the city of Samara run on the eastern bank of the
River Tigris for 35 km, from Samara to the south: The Grand Mosque, Malwiyah,
and Ashiq Palace.To the north of Malwiyah, there are the house of the Caliph,
Equestrian arena, Abu Dulaf Mosque, Mutawakkiliyah, and Rasasi River.
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Province of Kirkuk
Historical Background
Kirkuk is an ancient city. It is 250 km
north of Baghdad. It was built, firstly, as
a castle on a circular four cornered hill.
It includes the areas among Zagros
Mountain, the rivers of minor Zab and
Tigris, and Himreen Mountain series.
History of Kirkuk City goes back to
1.600 years B. C.
Kirkuk is famous for the shrines,
mosques and the ruins of some buildings
and antiques it has which can be traced
back to the beginnings of the third
millennium B. C., i. e. the early beginnings of the historical eras, in addition to its
geographical and commercial location.
Location
Province of Kirkuk is situated at an important geographical area within the part which
links north Iraq to its middle. It is surrounded by the Provinces of Sulaimaiyah, Irbil,
Nineveh, Saladin, and Diyala.
Area
The area of the Province of Kirkuk is 9.679 km², 2.2% of the total area of Iraq.
Population
Inhabitants of the Province are (1.629.625).
Main cities:
- Kirkuk District
- Hawijah District
- Daquq District
- Dibs District
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Main activities
Crude Oil
Cement
Agriculture
Infrastructures
Province of Kirkuk is characterized by the many main roads which link it to the
neighboring provinces. It is located on the main road linking the capital with the
north.
The strategic location of the province which links the north to the middle has made
the city a crossway for roads and railways linking it to the capital, Baghdad.
Education:
The Province of Kirkuk has only one University, (University of Kirkuk), more than
1121 primary school, 77 kindergartens, more than 461 secondary school, and many
vocational institutes and schools.
Health
Province of Kirkuk has 9 hospitals and more than 114 medical center.
Tourism
Castle of Kirkuk: This is one of the ancient sites at the Province. Its height is 140m
with an oval shape, it has historical churches in addition to palaces from the
Ottomans era.
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Province of Nineveh
Historical Background
City of Nineveh has an ancient history
which goes back to the fifth millennium B.
C. This city is regarded as one of the most
historically important cities in Iraq as it had
been the capital of the Assyrian Empire
during its widest expansion. In it the first
library was established. This Province, with
Mosul being its center is the second biggest
city in Iraq, after the capital, Baghdad,
regarding its area.
Location
Nineveh Province is situated in the northern western part of Iraq, (402 km) from
Baghdad.
Area
The area of the Province of Nineveh is (36.515 km²).
Population
Inhabitants of the Province are (3793982).
Main cities
- Mosul District
- Hamdaniyah District
- Sinjar District
- Tilkef District
- Ba'aj District
- Tella'fer District
- Sheikhan District
- Hatra District
- Makhmour District Al-Hadba'a Tower
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Main activities
Agriculture, oil, asphalt, textile, sugar, dairy products, and cement.
Infrastructures
Mosul represents the crossways center in the north of Iraq. Both the main road from
Baghdad to Turkey and the railway line pass through it. It also has an international
airport, a number of bridges on the River Tigris which links east to west banks.
Education:
The Province has only one University, (University of Mosul), more than (1802)
primary school, 114 kindergartens, more than (647) secondary school, 10 Teachers’
Qualifying Institutes, (43) library and many vocational institutes and schools.
Health
Nineveh has 18 hospital and 156 health center.
Tourist sites
There are a lot of tourists sites in Nineveh among which are the Mosque of Prophet
Younus, Mosque of Khidhr, Hadba Minaret, Noumroud, and Bashtabiyah Castle. The
city is famous for its tourist woods, Mosul Dam, in addition to many worship places
and religious shrines which is related to many Prophets and priests.
Dam of Mosul: It is located on the River
Tigris, approximately 60 km to the north
of Mosul. It had been accomplished in
1986. Its length is approximately 75 km
from the Dam site to the Iraqi- Turkish
borderline. The area of its lake is almost
220 km². A tourist city was established
by it. It contains several tourist facilities
and apartments.
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Province of Irbil
Historical Background
Arbeel or Irbil is the capital of Iraq’s
Kurdistan. It is the fourth city in Iraq
regarding area after Baghdad, Basra, and
Mosul. It is 360 km from Baghdad. Mosul
city is westwards of Irbil, almost 80 km
away from it. It is 112 km away from
Sulaimaniyah.
Area and climate
The area of Irbil is (13.165) km². The province occurs within the steppe area which
has transitional climate between that of the Mediterranean and the desert climate. It is
characterized for its sever cold and drop of humidity average. Irbil is regarded as one
of the historically important cities throughout ages and an important effective cultural
and civilization center in Kurdistan of Iraq. Its naming refer back to the Assyrian age
when it was given the name of (Arba-Ilo), i. e. the four Gods. This is a metonymy of
the important Assyrian temples at Irbil.
Population
The number of the inhabitants of Irbil is 1.896.753 person
Main cities
Province of Irbil constitutes of a number of main districts, these are: Irbil District,
Rawandouz District, Soran District, Khabat District, Plain of Irbil District, Shaqlawa
District.
Infrastructures
Irbil is the capital of Kurdistan Reign and a commercial center. It has a land strategic
line which links it to Iran and the border center of Choman for commercial exchange.
The province has three round streets, street 60, street 90, and street 120. It has Irbil
International Airport as well.
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Education
The Province has a number of primary and secondary schools among which is the
international school of Shwaifat, and many state universities, colleges and institutes in
addition to the private ones. The most important state Universities include Hawler
medical university, Saladin University. Among the private institutions are Kurdistan
University, Dijlah College University, Jihan College University, the Lebanese- French
University for Business Management, and Ishq Medical College.
Health
The Province has more than 42 hospital covering all the specializations and a number
of the State central hospitals, among which are (Irbil University hospital, Azadi
hospital, Rezgari hospital, Central Children hospital) and 270 medical center all over
the province outskirts and districts.
Tourist sites
Castle of Irbil: It is situated at the center of
the city of Irbil at Kurdistan of Iraq. Its history
dates back to the Assyrian age, approximately
the first millennium B. C. It was built
primarily for defensive purposes, as it was
regarded immune stronghold for the city of
Irbil by then.
Gilli Ali Beg waterfall
This waterfall occurs between the cities of
Khalifan and Soran. Its length is 12 km. It is
situated between the mountains of Korek and
Nouathneen, 60 km from Shaqlawa summer
resort. Gilli Ali Beg waterfall descends from a
high point in a high speed. It is 130 km from
the city of Irbil and it is one of the beautiful
summer resorts in Irbil and in Iraq in general.
It is 800 m above sea level.
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Bikhal waterfalls
They are regarded among the most beautiful tourist sites in Iraq. The area is
characterized for its humming waterfalls and its beautiful landscapes. These waterfalls
are 10 km. from Rawandouz city. Bikhal has been known as summer resort which has
wonderful waterfalls and landscapes.
Shaqlawa resort
The city is famous for its waterfalls and mountainous nature as it is situated on the
mountain Sifeen.
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Province of Duhok
Historical Background
An Iraqi city which falls in Kurdistan of
Iraq. Its three sides are bordered by
mountains. This grants the city a marvelous
looking. A streamlet coming from the Big
Duhok Dam penetrates the city turning it to
be one of the most beautiful sites. The
Province of Duhok is famous for its
fascinating landscapes.
The origin of the city dates back to the
Stone Age, then it became a part of the
Assyrian Empire; then the Babylonians; the
Akhminians before it failed in the hands of Alexander the Great and the Romans.
Location
Province of Duhok is situated in the region of Kurdistan, extremely to the north west
of Iraq. This province enjoys a special importance from the historical and
geographical stand of view. The ruins and sculptures which were discovered in its
hills and caves depict this importance. Moreover it has a distinctive geographical
situation as it occurs on the borders between two states, and an international strategic
transport way passes through it to link Iraq to Turkey and the external World as well.
In addition, oil line which passes from Kirkuk to Turkey penetrates its north western
corner. The province of Duhok is characterized by its various land shape, including
the high mountains which shape the political borders of Turkey, and wide plains
which are rich in their agricultural resources. These shape the southern part of the
province.
Population
Inhabitants of the Province is (1252343).
Main cities
Province of Duhok is consisted of several important districts including Duhok
District, Zakho District, Sheikhan District, Summail District, Berdersh District, and
Namidi District.
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Infrastructures
Province of Duhok is an important commercial center. Ibrahim Al-Khaleel entrance
on the border with Turkey is one of the important points through which 40% of the
materials pass. The province has a strategic road links it to Turkey.
Education:
The province has more than five private Universities and Colleges most important of
which are (College of Agriculture, University of Duhok, and University of Kurdistan),
many technical and administrative institutes, 440 primary schools, 215 secondary
school and many Teachers’ Qualifying Institutes and vocational institutes and
schools.
Health
Province of Duhok has 19 hospital inside the province and 157 medical center all over
its outskirts and districts.
Tourist Sites
Serseng summer resort
This is 126 km from Mosul. It is 1.046 m. above sea level. The maximum temperature
there during summer mounts to 34°.
Soulaf summer resort
This is (166) km from Mosul through a paved way, 5 km from Imadiah. It is 1150m
above sea level. It has many marvelous waterfalls as high as 25 m. The summer resort
is characterized by its numerous caves most important of which is Safi cave shaded by
nut trees.
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Jarsteen cave
This is a four columned cave at the valley of Duhok. Some historical references and
some historians who visited the area confirm that it is one of the most ancient caves in
which man had lived.
Historians confirm that Jarsteen cave dates back to the middle ages with its most
ancient documents dates back to 12.000 years B. C. There is also the hill of Bastik
and of Kammoun which date back to the history of the Kurdish Metanic State, in
addition to the hill of Malta, the cave of Hilamta at Shandoukha, southward the
province center which dates back to the ages of the Kurdish medians.
Still, there are many other caves and antiques sculptured on stones and many other
ancient sites.
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Province of Sulaimaniyah
It is situated in the eastern north of Iraq, on the
Iraqi- Iranian borders. It affiliates to the region
of Kurdistan. It is 2.895 f. above sea level.
Mountainous nature overwhelms the province.
This flavour increases as one goes towards the
east borders with Iran. It is 140 km eastward of
Kirkuk. 60 km north west the city of
Sulaimaniyah is the Dam of Dokan on the River
of Minor Zab.
Population
Inhabitants of the Province are (2.212.099).
Main cities
Province of Sulaimaniyah is consisted of several important districts including
Sulaimaniyah District, Qara Dagh District, Shara Zour District, Sayed Sadiq District,
Halebcha District, Penjoueen District, Ranyah District, Dokan District, Derbendikhan
District, Klar District, and Chamchamal District.
Infrastructures
Province of Sulaimaniyah is a border province which has a commercial relation with
Iran and has Sulaimaniyah International Airport.
Education
Education in Sulaimaniyah, just like in other places in Iraq, is free starting from
primary school till university graduation. Sulaimaniyah has more than 600 primary
school; 310 secondary school; more than 15 vocational institutes and the University of
Sulaimaniyah which was established in 1968 using Arabic and English languages in
teaching. It was transferred to Irbil under the name of Saladin University and the new
University of Sulaimaniyah has been inaugurated in 1991 which teaches in Arabic,
English and Kurdish as well. In 2007 The American University at Sulaimaniyah, the
first University of International teaching has been inaugurated. It teaches in English
and includes 6 private Colleges.
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Health
Province of Sulaimaniyah has 50 hospital and 502 medical center all over its outskirts
and districts.
Tourist Sites
Serchenar summer resort: Serchenar summer resort is 5 km away from the center of
Sulaimaniyah city. It is rich in trees, lot of water, and wide
shaded areas. This summer resort has the hotel of Serchenar
in addition to many tourist houses, a number of hotels and
coffee shops prepared to receive tourists and provide them
with services. There are also Luna parks and big
entertainment gardens.
Dokan Lake: This lake is 71 km from the center of the province of
Sulaimaniyah, 141 km from the city of Kirkuk. It has been
established near the Dam of Dokan on the Minor Zab. For
the ease of tourist, an integrated vast tourist complex, game
hall, coffee shops, and a modern market have been
established to help people get their food. There are playing
areas for adults and children, a pool, and boats marina too.
Ahmed Awa waterfalls: These are 75 km to the east of Sulaimaniyah, parallelizing
the Iranian borders. This spot is regarded as a border point
between Iraq and Iran, as the distance from there to the
Iranian borders is only half an hour by car. The area is
2.000m above the sea level. The summer resort is situated
amidst high mountain series. It is regarded as one of the
most important sites in the city.
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Province of Anbar
Historical Background
Anbar is regarded as the biggest Iraqi
Province with its center Ramadi. It is
situated in the western side of Iraq, 100km
from the capital, Baghdad. It had been
known before 1961 as (Liwa Ul- Dileim).
Economy at a Glance
Industrial raw materials are available at
Anbar Province which can be extracted through mine methods like that of natural gas
and oil in (Ukaz) gas field westward Anbar which reserves is estimated to be (50) b. f³
and (Reesha) gas field, oil experts estimates refers to the availability of oil reservoirs
in the Province of Anbar which need more exploring processes so as to estimate the
quantities of the reserves and its economic feasibility. Anbar has approximately 53
Trillion cubic feet of natural gas in addition to the natural mineral fortunes, such as
gold, phosphate, iron, uranium, sulfur, and silver. There are water resources embodied
in the River Euphrates which runs (450 km), from the western north to the eastern
south of the Province. In addition, there are four big water surfaces, the lakes of
(Habbaniyah, lake of dam of Hadeethah, lake of Thirthar, and Razaza Lake).
There are reservoirs of groundwater suitable for irrigation in the western desert and
arable fertile soil.
Area
The area of the province is approximately 137.723km².
Population: The population of the Province is (1.796.557) person
Main cities:
- Ramadi District
- Faluja District
- Heet District
- Hadeethah District
- Ana District
- Rawa District
- Qaim District
- Rutbah District
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Main activities
Planting grains
Cattle breading
Dates production
Fertilizers production
Cement Manufacturing
Ceramics Manufacturing
Glass Manufacturing
Infrastructures
There is only one railway in the province. It starts from the capital, Baghdad, to end at
the mines' area at Ukashat in Qaim, having the length of (522)km. This railway is
used to carry passengers and goods. Anbar has (24) station for passengers and (5) for
goods.
The highway is regarded as the longest of the main roads in the province of
Anbar, as it is (596) km. It stretches from Baghdad- Faluja- Ramadi-
Turaibeel- Tunuf at the Iraqi- Syrian borders.
Another way has the length of (219) km linking Qaim – Ukashat- Rutbah
district.
Qaim- Hadeethah road, (156) km
Nikhaib- Ar'ar outlet (160) km on the borders of Saudi Arabia.
Province of Anbar has borders with three states: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,
Syria, and Saudi Arabia Kingdom.
The Province has (4) outlets:
- Turaibeel outlet with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- Tunuf outlet with Syria.
- Qaim outlet with Syria.
- Ar'ar outlet with Saudi Arabia Kingdom.
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Education:
The Province has two Universities, Anbar University and Faluja University, in
addition to technical institutes, a number of private colleges and the College of Al-
Imam Al-'Aadham- Branch of Anbar. There are 1201 primary school; 47
kindergarten, 584 secondary school, 4 Teachers’ Qualifying Institute and many
vocational institutes and schools.
Health
Province of Anbar has (15) hospital and (161) medical center
Tourist sites
Lake of Thirthar: One of the most beautiful artificial lakes in Iraq. It was formed
after Dam of Samara was built for irrigation purposes and to control floods of the
Rivers Tigris and Euphrates. The lake can be attained at from Baghdad via Faluja and
Ramadi, or via Samara.
Lake of Habbaniyah: This is a pan located to the south of the city of Ramadi, used to
store 3.3 b.m³ and to return 2.7 b.m³ to the River of Euphrates at the season of
draught. The lake is controlled by the Dam of Ramadi. The lake is linked southward
to a river which connects it to the lake of Thirthar to drain the surplus water from
Habbaniyah Lake to the Lake of Razaza whose capacity is 26 b.m³. A resort has been
established on the banks of this lake.
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Province of Wasit
Historical Background
It is situated in the middle of Iraq. Building the
city started in 78 A. H. and it was finished in 86
A.H. to be the new administrative headquarter of
the country. It was named Wasit due to its
location in the center of the country or in between
Al Koufa and Basra, this province is important for
its Historical and ancient sites as it has more than
(420) location such as Wasit historical City which
is located in the South – east of the province as
well as (Tal Mariees) located to the north of Badra District and (Tal Al Welayia)
located in Al Ahrar District.
Location
Province of Wasit situates in the southern part of the middle area, The province
center is the city of Kut, 172 km to the south of Baghdad, bordered by the Province of
Diyala and Baghdad to the north and Maisan Province (206 km) and Thi Qar (204
km) both to the south, Babylon is ( 274 km) to the west and AL Qadesiah is ( 192 km)
to the south west. Eastwards of the Province is the international borderline of Iraq
with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Area
The area of the Province of Wasit is (17153) km²
Population
The population of the Province is (1.401.442) person
Main cities:
- Kut District
- Al Noumaniah District
- Hai District
- Badra District
- Aziziyah District
- Souairah District.
Al-Kut Dam
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Main Activities:
- Agricultural.
- Livestock.
- Crude oil extraction.
- Border port
Economic at a Glance
The Provinces famous for its Minerals and natural resources and a huge reservations
of oil (such as, the oil fields of Ahdab at Ahrar District and Badrah field) and
reservations of natural gas linked to the oil reservations. Raw materials for
construction industries, such as cement, gypsum, brick, etc.) are also available in large
quantities.
The province is distinguished by its agricultural lands and producing a high quality of
the strategically grown plants such as wheat, barley, corn, cotton, sunflower, and
many dates, vegetables and fruits production where The River Tigris go through it
from north to south in a 327 km length in addition to Al Garaf, Al Deejail and Al
Kalall rivers and underground waters.
Infrastructure:
First: - Electricity:
Al Zobaidiah station is considered as a large
electrical project in the country, it includes six
generating units, four of them is of 330 MW per
unit, and two of them are of 1220 MW overall
power.
Second: - Education:
The Province has only one University, 3 private collages (Al Kut Collage, Imam Al
Kadhim Collage, and Al Wasity Collage) and a number of technical institutions, 754
primary school; 222 secondary school and some technical schools.
Third: - Health
Province of Wasit has 10 public and private hospital, 47 health center and 33 clinics.
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Fourth:- Roads and Transportations:
In Wasit there is a net of main roads that link it with the Capital Baghdad and other
province s such as (Thi Qar, Maisan and Babylon) in addition to the main road that
connects the province with the borderline with The Islamic Republic of Iran through
Badra Border Port.
Tourism Locations:
The province has many ancient and historical sites in addition to the religious sites
dispersed in different locations of the province.
Wasit Historical City:
The city is located to the south east of Wasit and it
goes back to 83 H, the gate of the city is one of the
noticeable sites till this day which is thought to be
the remains of the sand school in Wasit City.
Saeed Ibn Al Jabeir Shrine:
The shrine is Located in District of Al Hai 40 km to
the south of Kut as he was one of Imam Ali ( Poh)
friends.
Imam Taj Al Dein Shrine:
The shrine is located in Taj Al Dein District (to the north of Wasit province) around
100 km far from the center of the city and it is considered as a source of attraction to
many visitors and tourists which empowers the tourism in the country.
Al Motanabi:
The shrine is located in Al Numaniya District in Wasit in which Al Mutanabi poetical
festival is held annually with the present of many known Arab and Iraqi writers and
critics.
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Province of Babylon
Historical Background
Province of Babylon had been known as the
Capital of the Babylonians during the rule of
Hammurabi where the Babylonians ruled over
Mesopotamia. The first dynasty of the
Babylonians, ruled by Hammurabi (1792- 1750
B. C.) had ruled the majority of Mesopotamia
provinces.
This Province is one of the main areas known
for their agricultural production and it is rich in
historical sites. Its center is Hilla. The Province
has many investment opportunities among
which are the religious, archeological and cultural tourism, cattle, and agricultural
ones.
Area
Babylon has the area of (5.258) km².
Population
The population of the Province is (2.093.416) person.
Main cities
- Hilla District
- Hashimiyah District
- Mahaweel District
- Musaieb District
Main activities
- Industry
- Textile
- Cattle breading
- Grains
- Dates
- Tourism
Obelisk of Hammurabi
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Economy at a Glance
Agriculture is regarded as the main activity in the Province, as 70% of its area is
suitable for cultivation using 15% of the Euphrates waters. However, there is also an
industrial activity as another field, among which is the State Company for Automobile
Manufacturing at Alexandria which produces vehicle bodies and assembles
automobiles, in addition to other number of operating companies such as the State
Company for Mechanical Industries and Hilla textile factory, Al Forat State Co., Corn
flour and dextrin plant, Al Sada Cement Plant and disposable syringes plant.
Education
The Province has two Universities (Babylon University) and (Al Qasim /Al-Khadraa
University), technical college and institute and a number of private collages, more
than 881, primary school; 46 kindergartens, more than 383 secondary school, 5
Teachers Qualifying Institutes and a number of vocational Institutes.
Health
Babylon Province has (19) hospital and (111) health center.
Infrastructures
The Province is situated directly southwards Baghdad; therefore it has many roads
which link it to the capital and other areas in Iraq. There is a direct road which links
the Province to the Province s of Karbala, Najaf, Diwaniyah, and Wasit. the ( Basra –
Baghdad ) highway road passes through the Province .
Tourism
Babylon historical site: This is situated 5
km to the north of the city of Hilla. It had
been the most famous city in the ancient
and modern worlds and the miracle of the
ancient world, particularly after its widest
expansion by the Babylonian famous King
Nebuchadnezzar (605- 562 B. C.). It
became famous to such a degree that it
turned to be the title of Mesopotamia
civilization as a whole, Babylonia was the name. Its walls and Hanging Gardens were
among the Seven World Wonders.
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Burs:
Burs is situated almost 15 km southwards the city of Hilla. Its scaled tower is a high
mark on the Hilla- Kifl road. Its present name (Burs) is derived from its Babylonian
ancient name (Bursia), a Sumerian word which means "Sea sword" or "Sea horn" as it
had been situated on a stream or a lake.
Keesh historical site:
This is situated 13 km away from the city of Hilla, 6 km eastwards of Babylonian
historical site. Among its antiques is the ziggurat of "Aneer Kedirma", the ziggurat
dedicated for the temple of (Ayil Baba), the God of war.
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Province of Holy Kerbala
Historical Background
The city history dates back to the Babylonian
era. Some historians see that the word Kerbala
means (qurb Alilah: near God), a Babylonian
origin word. It is said that the word has been
chiseled from (Kur Babil: a collection of
Babylonian villages). The Province has soft
pure land surrounded by dense orchards
irrigated by the River Euphrates. The most
prominent feature of the Holy City of Kerbala
is the shrine of Imam Hussein (Poh) and the
shrine of his brother, Al-Abbas, (Poh). Within
the Province, there is also Al- Akhaidhir
stronghold, southward the city, the palace of
Sham'oun at Ain Tamr, and Al-tar historical
caves.
Location
Province of Kerbala is situated on the right bank of River Euphrates, surrounded by
important agricultural areas on three sides, particularly, the eastern side which occurs
between the city and the River Euphrates. The city is 105 km to the western south of
Baghdad, bordered from the north by the Province of Anbar; from the south by the
Province of Najaf; from the east by the Province of Babylon; and from the west by the
desert of Sham and the Saudi Arabia lands. The city occurs on the longitude 44° and
the altitude 32°.
Area
The area of the Province of Karbala is 5.034 km².
Main cities
- Karbala
- Ain Tamr
- Al- Husseiniyah
- Al-Hurr
- Hindiyah
- Akhaidhir
- Touaireej
Holy Shrine of Imam Hussien
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Population
The population of the Province is (1.241.237) person.
Main activities
Tourism
Oil refine
Dates
Citrus
Agriculture
Canning factories
Infrastructures
There are two main roads pass through Karbala, the first starts from southern
Baghdad, passes through Karbala, and continues to Najaf. the second starts from
Babylon and goes westward to Kerbala and continues through the south part of Anbar
to the border outlet of 'Ar'ar towards Saudi Arabia Kingdom, Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan, and Syria.
Education:
The Province has two Universities, Karbala University and Ahl al-Bait University,
532 primary school; 43 kindergarten, 233 secondary school, 5 Teachers’ Qualifying
Institutes and many vocational institutes and schools.
Health
The Province has (8) hospitals and (51) medical center .
Tourist sites
Karbala
Karbala is one of the ancient
Iraqi cities. It enjoys a religious
prestige due to shrine of Imam
Hussein (Poh) and the shrine of
his brother, Al- Abbas (Poh),.
Among the most historical sites
at the Province are the
following:
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Akhaidhir stronghold: This
feature is one of the defensive
archeological buildings. It is one
of the characteristic Islamic
military architecture regarding
design and geometry, not only in
Iraq, but also on the level of the
Arab and Islamic World. The
stronghold occurs on a desert
way links Iraq to the external
world.
Razaza Lake: This Lake is 18
km from Karbala, on the way
leads to Akhaidhir. The Lake is
60 km in length 30 km in width.
This wide beautiful lake is an
important tourist site visited by
people who are eager to practice
various kinds of water sports and
fishing.
Ain Tamr: The city of Ain Tamr
"Shithatha" is situated to the
western south of Kerbala, (67
km) from Karbala. It is a
historical spot as it has ancient
civilization antiques. Ain Tamr
district is regarded the largest
oasis in the western upland, It is
famous for its palm tree forests
and orchards. It is characterized
for its landscapes, beautiful
atmosphere during spring and autumn seasons. It is also famous for its mineral water
which flow from more than fifty natural springs. A tourist complex composed of 20
tourist apartments, a hotel, and a restaurant, in addition to extended gardens was
established in the area.
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Province of Holy Najaf
Historical Background
Najaf is a historical city. It represents an
important cultural, religious, commercial, and
agricultural center at the center of Iraq. It is
situated on a high mound over vast sand land
overlooking from the northern eastern front on
the cemetery of Wadi Salam "Valley of
Peace"; and from the western front on the sea
of Najaf.
The Province of Najaf embraces the tomb of
Imam Ali, (Poh). It receives millions of
visitors from all over the world.
Location
Najaf is one of the Provinces which occurs in the middle of south Iraq, at the edge of
the western upland, 161 km from Baghdad. The city is 70m above sea level. It is
bordered from the north by the Province of Karbala, almost 80 km away.
Area
The area of the Province of Najaf is (27. 845) km².
Population: The population of the Province is (1.500.522) person
Main cities:
- Najaf District
- Kufa District
- Manathirah District
- Abo – Sakheer District
Main activities
Tourism
Agriculture
Cattle breading
Commerce
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Infrastructures
There is a main road stretches from Baghdad southward to the Province of
Babylon, and then to the province of Najaf. Another road links province of
Najaf to the Province of Karbala.
The Province has the international airport of Imam Ali (Poh).
Education:
The Province of Najaf has only one University, University of Kufa and (616) primary
school; 45 kindergartens (322) secondary school; (4) Teachers’ Qualifying institutes
and many vocational institutes and schools.
Health
Province of Najaf has 13 public hospitals and 76 medical center.
Tourist sites:
Tomb of Imam Ali (Poh): It is one of the most important sites for religious tourism. Its
attended by almost 40 million visitors a year.
Khan of Rahba: It occurs on the old Hajj route within a
low area, almost 30 km from the village
of (Rahba). It was built from rocks and
gypsum.
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Palace of N'uman Bin Al-Munthir:
Palace of N'uman Bin Al-Munthir is one of the palaces which date back to the ancient
kingdom of Heera and the state of Akhminians Manathirah which enjoyed a major
role in the Arab pre-Islamic history. Its monuments remained to cope with the
historical events, it often enriched poets' imagination who chanted these monuments
and ruins.
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Province of Muthanna
Historical Background
The appearance of Warka City in the fifth
millennium B. C. represents the first shift to the
stable style of life and the early beginnings of the
appearance of ruling régimes, writing, and laws
which organized the social life in addition to
developed Agriculture and availability of water
resources which made \al Warkaa city the first
spark in the Sumerian civilization.
Location
Muthanna province is located in the south part of Iraq, at the edges of the alluvial
plain. The majority of its areas height varies between (70- 220m) above the sea level.
The River Euphrates and its branches pass through it. It is the second water resource
for agricultural crops irrigation. The Province is 270 km from Baghdad to the south. It
is the second biggest Province, after Anbar, regarding its area. It has a desert climate,
and its center is Samawa District and the province has administrative boundaries with
Al-Najaf and Al-Diwaniyha from the North, Basra and Dhi Qar from the east, Saudi
Arabia from the west and part from Basra and Kuwait country from the south.
Area
The area of the Province of Muthanna is (51.740) km², 12% of the total area of Iraq.
The desert occupies 47.000 km², which means 91% of the total area of the Province.
Population: The population of the Province is (824.831) person.
Main cities:
- Samawa District (Center) - Rumaitha District
- Khidhir District
- Salman District
- Warka District
Sawah Lake
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Main activities
Agriculture
Industry, especially cement, bricks,
concrete structures
extractive industries
Oil products and refineries
Cattle breading
Economy at a Glance
The Province is characterized by the availability of the natural and human resources
for investment, especially in the industrial sector. Muthanna province is rich with raw
materials of the low cost in extraction and production, such as, limestone which is
used in cement industry, sedimentary compounds of Sodium and Chlorine as salty
compounds used in salt production. The Province is also characterized by lots of date
palm orchards and its distinctive tourist site being near the Lake of Sawa and some
tourist facilities. UNISCO approved the historian location of AL Warkaa to join the
international heritage which granted the province an international reputation and
importance.
Infrastructures
- The Province has a vital location in the southern part of Iraq on the
International road linking Basra to Baghdad and international boarders.
- (Baghdad- Basra) railway line, and the availability of a maintenance station
for locomotives and train carriages.
- Oil refinery with 30.000 bpd capacity
- The strategic pipe line which transfers gas from the province of Basra to
Baghdad passing through Muthanna Province.
Education:
The Province of Muthanna has only one University and (496) primary school; 21
kindergartens (154) secondary school; (2) institutes for Teachers’ Qualifying, and 1
vocational institute.
Health
The Province has (4) hospitals and (57) medical center.
Akad Heritage City
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Tourist sites
Lake of Sawa: a closed salty lake located at the Province of Muthanna, southern Iraq, and
few kilometers from the city of Samawa. The Lake is surrounded by a natural limestone wall
which quickly repairs itself if broken due to fast hardening character of the limestone material
in the water.
Historical tourist city: the location of historical Warkaa
Euphrates River
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Province of Diwaniyah
Historical Background
It is one of the middle Euphrates
Provinces that lies within the alluvial
plain of Iraq. The name of the city first
appeared during the eighteenth century.
River Euphrates passes through the
Province where it is known as Shatt Al-
Diwaniyah. Diwaniyah is characterized by
the fertile lands which qualifies it to be
the food basket for the people at the area
in specific, and for Iraq, in general.
Location
The Province of Diwaniyah is located at the southern part of Iraq, surrounded by
Najaf, Karbala, Babylon, Muthanna and Thi Qar. It is characterized by agriculture,
such as rice, and other agricultural crops.
Area
The area of the Province of Diwaniyah is (8.507) km².
Population: The population of the Province is (1.311.699) person.
Main cities:
- Diwaniyah District (Center) - Shamiyah District
- Ifak District
- Hamza District
- Ghammas District
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Main activities
Agriculture (Prominently rice)
Food stuff industries
Textile industries
Rubber industries (Tires)
Cattle breading
White meats and eggs
Bricks factories
Oil industry (Dewaniya Oil
refinery)
Infrastructures
There is a main road starts from Baghdad to Diwaniyah and a multi- track highway
passes through the Province. The main Iraqi railway passes through the Province as
well from north to south. Three generating stations are available in the province, two
of them produce 300 MW and the third one produces 500 MW, in addition to the
International Diwaniya Airport. It also has many industrial companies for rubber,
textiles, dairy, cement, petrochemicals, and oil refinery.
Education:
The Province of Diwaniyah has only one university and some private collages and
institutes, 666) primary school; 58 kindergartens, (249) secondary school; And a good
number of private teaching.
Health:
Province of Diwaniyah has (9) hospitals, 4 specialized centers, (73) medical center in
villages around the city and 3 working private hospitals and others under construction.
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Province of Thi Qar
Historical Background
Thi Qar is one of the Iraqi southern
Provinces. Its center is the city of Nasiriyah.
Historical evidence indicates that this name
exists from old ages. Some historical sites,
such as, the ancient city of Ur, 5.000 years
B. C. occurs there. It is the land where the
Sumerians and Acadians settled.
Location
The Province of Thi Qar is located at the
heart of the southern part of Iraq. The best
part of the area of the Province is situated next to the Rivers of Euphrates and
Gharraf. The Province is one of the most ancient lands settled by human being and
established the first human civilization and there still lays the ancient archeological
monuments of cities such as Ur and Lagash and else.
Area
The area of the Province of Thi Qar is (13,626) km².
Population: The population of the Province is (2.132.149) person.
Main cities:
- Nasiriyah
District(Center) - Rifa'i District
- Shatra District
- Suq Al-Shouyoukh
District
- Al Jabaish District
- Al Garaf District
Aaqura Heritage City
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Main activities
Agriculture
(Engineering and textile) industries
Oil and gas production
Cattle breading
Fishing
Infrastructures:
Thi Qar Province has an electric-thermal station that produces 600 MW , there is also
Al Nasyriah Gas turbine station and an Oil Refinery with a refining capacity of
30,000 bpd, it has a good net of roads and transportation linking it to the neighboring
provinces as there are many land roads. These are:
- Baghdad- Basra free main way
- Nasiriyah- Kut way
- Imarah – Ri'fai- Diwaniyah way
- Nasiriyah- Diwaniyah way
- Nasiriyah- Samawa way
- Nasiriyah- Imarah way
The Province is also penetrated by the railway which links Basra to the capital,
Baghdad.
Education:
The Province of Thi Qar has two state universities, Thi Qar University at the City
center and Sumer University at Ri'fai district and there are almost (1273) primary
school; 40 kindergartens, (555) secondary school; (7) institutes for Teachers’
qualifying, and many vocational institutes and schools.
Health:
There are 11 hospital and 138 public medical center in Thi Qar.
Archeological Harp
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Province of Maysan
Historical Background
It is one of the southern Provinces of Iraq. It
is located to the east of the country, on the
Iranian borders. Its center is the city of
Imarah. It is located on the River Tigris. It
had been known, before 1976 as Imarah
Province. It is believed that the origin of the
name of "Maysan' refers back to the
Kingdom of Mayshan, and turned, by time,
to be Maysan.
Its distinctive location formed a core for an
important city and commercial center and had been adopted by Alexander the Great
as a capital for his kingdom. Among its common names "Korat Dijlah", i. e. a number
of villages alongside the River Tigris.
Location
The province is located in the southern eastern part of Iraq, on the banks of the river
Tigris. It is almost 400 km away from Baghdad. It represents a commercial center for
agricultural crops, fish, and cattle. It is linked to the Provinces of Basra and Wasit by
a 200 Km main road; and with the Province of Thi Qar through another road. An oil
pipeline passes through the eastern part of the province and extends down to Basra
and Fao southward.
Population: The population of the Province is (1,134.968) person.
Area
The area of the Province of Maysan is (16.072) km²
Main cities:
- Imarah District(Center) - Maymouna District
- Ali Al-Gharbi District
- Qal'at Salih District
- Kahla District
- Mijar District
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Main activities
Oil
Agriculture
Cattle breading
Agricultural industries
Sugar production
Paper production
Education:
The Province of Maysan has only one university and (653) primary school; 31
kindergartens, (186) secondary school; (4) institutes for Teachers’ Qualifying, and
many vocational institutes and schools.
Health:
In Maysan, there are 6 hospitals and 80 general medical center
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Province of Basra
Historical Background
Basra is the third Province in Iraq regarding
population and considered as the economic
capital of Iraq, its only port overlooking the
Arab Gulf and its main sea outlet. Basra
has several names mentioned by references,
after building it, it was named Um Al-Iraq
"Mother of Iraq", Khizanat Al-Arab
"Treasury of Arabs", Al-Basra Al-Uthma
"The Great Basra", Al-Basra Al-Zahira
"Prosperous Basra", Thaghr Al-Iraq Al-
Basim "The smiling mouth of Iraq", Al-
Fayha "The extensive", Qubat Al-Ilm
"Dome of Science".
Location
Basra is situated at the extreme south of Iraq, on the western bank of Shatt Al-Arab,
the watercourse which results from Rivers Tigris and Euphrates meeting at Qurna,
110 km northward of Fao. Basra is almost 55 km from the Arab Gulf, 545 km from
Baghdad. It has mutual border with Saudi Arabia Kingdom and Kuwait southward,
and with the Islamic Republic of Iran Eastward. Local borders of Basra are with the
provinces of Thi Qar and Maysan to the north and Muthanna to the west. Basra is the
only port of Iraq and its main sea outlet.
From a geographical view, it occurs at the southern eastern corner of Iraq. This
location has its impact in putting the province within the huge desert extension in the
continents of Asia and Africa which consequently results in its overwhelming dry
climate.
Basra, within its geographical location, is linked to the other provinces of Iraq through
paved roads which lengths vary according to being near to, or far from it.
Area
The area of the Province of Basra is (19.070)
km².
Population: Approximately (2,972.162)
person.
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Main cities:
- Basra District(Center) - Qurna District
- Zubair District
- Shat Al Arab District
- Abu Al-Khaseeb District
- Fao District
- AlImdainah District
Main activities
Oil and gas
Sea charging and Railway
Agriculture
Food industries
Heavy industries, such as, iron
and steel, fertilizers, and
petrochemicals
Fishing
Economy at a Glance
Basra is one of the important provinces in Iraq, as it is rich with oil fields such as
Rumaila field, Shi'aiba field, western Qurna field, and Majnoun field. Due to its
location in the plains of Al Rafidain valley, it is considered as one of the best
locations for planting rice, barley, wheat, and millet. It is also famous for cattle
breading. The province occurs on varying terrain land includes plains, upland, and
desert and is also considered as a tourists Province for having many religious shrines
and historical sites.
Infrastructures
Province of Basra has all the six Iraqi ports, including
the deep port. Thus it is the transportation cross point
of the southern part of Iraq. There is also a highway
linking the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan to Iraq which
starts from the Jordanian borders and ends in Basra.
The province is also linked to the State of Kuwait via
Safwan border crossing point, a main commercial
outlet. In addition to these, there is Basra International
Airport too.
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Education:
The Province of Basra has only one university, University of Basra and (1198)
primary school; 88 kindergartens, (632) secondary school; (14) institute for Teachers’
Qualifying, and many vocational institutes and schools.
Health
Province of Basra has 19 hospital and (121) medical center.
Tourist sites:
Sindibad Island
This island is a marvelous tourist
site which is located at the middle
of Shatt Al-Arab, opposite to
Shatt Al-Arab Hotel in Maqal. It
is linked to both river banks via
Sindibad Bridge.
It has wonderful gardens
decorated with beautiful
fountains. There are facilities for
visitor comfort, a tourist coffee
shop, and tourist houses for residence, in addition to the floating hotel near the Island,
and a vast coffee shop at the southern end of the Island.
Qurna City: It is 74 km northward of Basra; Qurna is the legendary place of Adam's
tree and paradise of Eden, where Tigris and Euphrates meet to form together Shatt Al-
Arab, where we can see a lot of farms and orchards especially date palm orchards.
Abu Al-Khaseeb: This city is located on Shatt Al- Arab, 26 km to the south of Basra.
It is the city of the late great poet Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab, it is also the center of date
palm forests which are unique for their beautiful landscapes.
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Investment Zones in Iraq
The National Investment Commission
has started a program to prepare
mechanism and a system to establish
secured zones for investment according
to the text of (Article 9 of the ratified
amended Investment Law no. 13/ 2006
through cooperation with the
Organization of Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD).
The National Investment Commission has formed up a strategy for the investment
zones in Iraq through cooperation with the Investment Program in the Middle East
and North Africa of the (OECD).
The National Investment Commission is working on completing the requirement
for a number of major investment areas:
- Basra Investment Zone/Grant Faw port Zone, 2400 hectare, for
petrochemicals, power station and oil refinery.
- Babylon Investment Zone/ Hitteen Zone, 6000 dunum, for heavy and medium
engineering industries with several facilities and services in the site.
- Baghdad Investment Zone/ near the International Airport, for advanced
technology for scientific activities and information. Social activities,
meeting rooms, specialized courses, an electronic marketplace, skills
development center and halls for investment companies are available in
the site.
- Middle Euphrates Investment Zone/ (between the Holy province of Najaf and
the Sacred Province of Karbala) for Agricultural industries such as milk and
dairy products, fruits canning, vegetables, meat and food industries.
- Nineveh Investment Zone/, The site of the proposal either in the site of Al
Kindy Company or the site of Jaber bin Hayyan, for precision engineering
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industries, equipment and integrated engineering systems for medium and
small projects.
- Diyala Investment Zone/ New Camp of Iraq (multipurpose, tourism)
- Anbar Investment Zone/ construction materials and glass factories
A - The importance of establishing investment areas in Iraq come through:
- Represents a real breakthrough for the work of foreign companies in
Iraq and advanced technology.
- Provide greater possibility to monitor the commitment of companies
operating in them with all the controls imposed by Iraqi laws, such as
environmental conditions and work systems through the administration
in charge of the investment area, whether purely Iraqi or with a foreign
partner.
- The creation of new economic communities with an advanced
infrastructure largely independent of the existing infrastructure in the
cities because they are dilapidated and weak in addition to the new
projects in reliance on some of the existing services will lead to the
weakening of such services as electricity, and thus the investment areas
represent an more attractive environment due to the availability of
services and infrastructure.
- Reduce bureaucratic procedures and routine as well as exceeding the
delay in some commissions due to the delay of sectoral approvals and
the lack of clarity of powers between some institutions.
- The application of such model will greatly reduce the dependence on
allocations of the investment budget for the establishment of these
areas, where the private sector, whether local or foreign will build
these areas.
- Iraq adopts a free-market approach, and therefore, allowing national
and foreign private sector initiatives is the direction that should be
encouraged at the present time.
B. Advantages of establishing investment zones:
1. Encourage the establishment and rapid growth of large and medium-
sized industries within a specific location.
2. Expanding and increasing employment opportunities, thus reducing
unemployment, training and upgrading human resources.
3. Creating competitiveness ability and development among the products of
the factories established in the city with each other on one hand and
between them and similar imported goods on the other hand.
4. Transfer, use and localization of modern technologies.
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5. To grant projects in these areas privileges according to the investment
law and the system of safe investment zones, which the NIC is working to
accomplish in accordance with the legislative methods.
6. Developing local capital and attracting foreign capital.
7. Achieving coherence among different sectors.
8. Reduce the cost of establishing, operating, maintaining and developing
projects.
The role of investment zones in economic and urban development:
These zones play an important role in economic and urban development:
1. Reducing population density in large cities, thus reducing pressure on
transportation, housing and energy.
2. Protecting residential areas from pollution hazards and thus avoiding the
impact of industrial waste on the environment.
3. Create new and developed areas of cultural and social aspects, especially
in the districts and villiges where the investment areas are established in
addition to raising the level of living for its citizens and raising the
economic base, productivity and employment.
4. Provide special services for workers in these areas at appropriate rates.
Overview of Sectors
- Oil & Gas Sector http:// www.Oil.gov.iq
- Electricity Sector http:/www.Meolc.gov.iq
- Communication Sector http://www.Moc.gov.iq
- Health Sector http://www.Moh.gov.iq
- Housing & Infrastructure Sector http://www.Imariskan.gov.iq
- http: //www.Moch.gov.iq
- Transportation Sector http://www.Motrans.gov.iq
- http://www.Motransport.gov.iq
- Industry & Minerals Sector http://www.Industry.gov.iq
- Tourism Sector http://www.tourism .gov.iq
- Education Sector http://www.Mohesr.gov.iq
- Service Sector http://www.Mot.gov.iq
- Youth and Sports Sector http://www.Moys.gov.iq
- Agriculture Sector http://www.Zeraa.gov.iq
Investment Map of Iraq
2019
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1- Oil and Gas Sector
Iraq is blessed with vast reserves of oil and
natural gas, and is one of the most
promising, still largely undeveloped
sources of hydrocarbon resources in the
world. After decades of lack of investments
due to wars and sanctions. The importance
of oil is not only limited to its role in
developing Iraq but exceeds that to the role
which it can play on the level of the international oil market for the big reserves
which can be reinforced in the future because of Iraq's being one of the most
responding countries to the increase demand of energy and it is expected for Iraq
to be the second largest international resource for the crude oil, this sector
contributed to the GDP with the fixed price by %56 during 2018 according to the
national development plan. Iraq is actively seeking international investment and
expertise to help in the development of its oil and gas sectors so negotiation
rounds started and led Iraq for a new marsh in investment history. The Ministry
of Oil announced new ambitious plan to increase oil production and exports
during this decade depending on foreign investment as a main source to achieve
this goal. The main way for investors interested in oil and gas sector is in oil
bidding rounds announced by the ministry.
It’s worth mentioning that the Oil Sector in Iraq has received a lot of attention
from the federal government which resulted in developing its investment
opportunities in addition to the announcement of the four bidding rounds , as
mentioned above, these opportunities has enabled reputable international
companies to enter this field. Iraq has signed contracts in 2010 and 2011 with
international companies to develop its oil fields within the first and second
biddings rounds and to increase the production level to reach (11) million bpd in
the next six years and to (12) million bpd upon adding the quantities resulted
from other fields by national efforts. Most of these contracts focused on
developing major oil fields in south of Iraq, in addition to that the third bidding
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round announcement was released to develop three gas fields which are Ukaz in
Ramdi Province, Mansouriyah in Diyala Province and Seebah in Basra Province.
.
On the other side, it is more likely that the oil and gas industry will continue to
attract foreign business activities in the near future and that Iraq has a wide range
of untapped oil and gas fields which requires a large number of investments to
develop these fields.
Oil & Gas Indicators
Fixed oil reserves 2018 146.9 billion barrel
Fixed gas reserves 2018 132.9 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF)
Daily average of oil production
2017
4.469 m bpd
Daily average of oil production
2018
4.401 m bpd
Daily average of oil exports for
2017
3.802 m bpd
Daily average of oil exports for
2018
3.836 m bpd
Target crude oil capacity 2019 5.000 thousand barrel
Target crude oil capacity 2020 5.500 thousand barrel
Source: Iraqi MoO- Planning & Studies Office, according to letter no: 961 in Jan.1st , 2019
Oil:
There are 146.9 billion barrels of fixed reserves in Iraq discovered in 71 fields , 27 of
which are developed and %75 of the fixed reserves concentrated in many major fields in
the south east of the country near the Iraqi border with Kuwait and Iran. An additional %20
is located in the northern part of the country near Kirkuk.
Gas:
Iraq is similarly rich in natural gas, with 132.9 TCF in proven reserves, and an estimated 31
TCF in probable reserves.
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Oil and gas export and distribution pipelines
Iraq has a wide pipeline infrastructure total of 4350
mile. There are three main pipelines that connect Iraq
to Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Syria in addition to the
forth one (the Strategic line) that starts from Basra in
the south to Kirkuk in the north. This line exports
three quarters of daily production from Basra oil port in the south and the rest from the
north pipeline from Kirkuk to Jihan port in Turkey.
Production, Distribution and Export:
As Iraq is developing its infrastructure at the present
time, and heading towards expanding its productive
operations in oil field, and to attract investments in
production, distribution and export fields for oil
sector in order to improve the current situation of oil
sector as well as it will help to attract investments in other fields such as export pipelines
particularly in Basra Port, and the export pipelines from Kirkuk Province to Jihan Turkish
Port. There is a wide range of needs in the south of Iraq which includes the need to
establish a new pipeline to link the resources extracted from oil wells to refineries and to
establish storage facilities in addition to expanding the ports. A number of studies were
conducted to develop infrastructure which would enable Iraq to gain its position as a source
for natural gas and this requires constructing an expanded infrastructure for gas sector in
order to enable Iraq to supply the gas pipelines heading to Turkey and therefore it will
supply major European markets.
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Investment Opportunities in the Oil and Gas Sector
Ministry of Oil announced an ambitious plan to increase oil production and exports in the
following years. Participation and direct investments are principal means for achieving this goal
through oil licenses rounds announced by the Ministry.
Investment opportunities in Refineries and Oil &Gas Projects:
No Refinery Name Refinery capacity (barrel) investment/
funding
Location
1 Mosul field for
petrochemical
products
Gasoline 4*20000m³
Gasoil 3*10000m³
Kerosene
3*10000m³
Jet fuel
2*10000m³
LPG 2*3000 ton
Investment or
EPC +F
Mosul
2 Toba field for
petrochemical
products
Gasoline 8*20000m³
Gasoil 3*20000m³
Kerosene
2*20000m³
Jet fuel
2*10000m³
LPG 2*3000 ton
Investment or
EPC +F
Basra
3 Al Aziziya field
for
petrochemical
products
Gasoline 2*20000m³
Gasoil 2*20000m³
Kerosene
2*20000m³
LPG 2*3000 ton
Investment or
EPC +F
Wasit
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4 Samara field for
petrochemical
products
Gasoline 4*10000m³
Gasoil 2*10000m³
Kerosene
2*10000m³
LPG 2*3000 ton
Investment or
EPC +F
Saladin
5 Products pipe
East Badha
650km
300-500 m³ Investment or
EPC +F
16/ Basra- Maysan
products
16 Maysan- Baghdad
Gasoline
18 Maysan- Baghdad
Kerosene Gasoil
6 Liquid Gas pipe
(LPG) 16*650
km
550-600 H/m³ Investment or
EPC +F
Basra –Maysan-
Wasit- Baghdad
7 Second National
Dry Gas pipe
48* 700 km
1350 MMSCF/D Investment or
EPC +F
Basra –Nasriya-
Dewaniya- Semawa-
Hilla- Baghdad- Beji
Source / Ministry of Oil /Studies Planning &Follow Up Directorate in 28/3/2019
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2- Electricity Sector
Electricity sector in Iraq
presents a number of
attractive investment
opportunities to local
and foreign investors.
The government has
ambitious plans aiming
at raising the sector's
capacity through
motivating investors in
the fields of building,
operating and supplying.
The Ministry of Electricity (MoE) has sought to activate the role of the
private sector in several fields like finance, quick construction and the
contribution in raising the additional generation capacity to cover the
country’s need. The demand has grown furiously mainly by the essential
consumer of electricity, families, in the recent years. Since the national
power grid does not meet the local needs of the Iraqi families, they are
forced to pay large amounts of money to be provided with electricity
from the private sector.
MOE realizes that the current lack of electricity is the main obstacle for
investments in all sectors since it is essential for the diversification of
economy in the country.
The plan is to reach 22-23 thousand megawatt 2017-2019.
Current production is about 15- 18 thousand megawatt/2017- 2019.
This sector has shared %1.1of the GDP in the constant prices for the year
2016.
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Investment Opportunities Available in the Electricity Sector
Investment projects in renewable energy field
No. Project name Additional
capacity/
MW
Province
1 Sawa Solar Station 30 Al Muthana
2 Sawa2 Solar Station 50 Al Muthana
3 Al Khidher 50 Al Muthana
4 Badra (Wasit Solar
Station)
50 Wasit
5 Eskandariya
(Babylon Solar
Station)
175 Babylon
Total 355
Source: Ministry of Electricity/ Planning and Studies Office letter 63436 in 6/12/2018
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3- Communication Sector
The communication sector (wired
and wireless) has witnessed
substantial growth in Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) attraction in the
recent years especially in the mobile
phones and internet technologies
which can be highly attributed to the
existence of an independent
organizing agency and the
renewable opening up to the foreign
companies.
One of the most important development points in the communication sector in Iraq
was developing the local wired and wireless communication networks. Wireless
networks have been capable of changing the land line phones market in Iraq as these
are providing both of this old service alongside with the internet service without
having to use cables through the populated neighborhoods of the city.
Government of Iraq contracted in 2006 with different
companies from the private sector to provide the wired
communication networks which provide the services
of voice and data transmission. Communication and
Media Commission also granted in the same year three
national licenses and three regional ones for providing
local wireless communication services, national
licenses may last for 10 years that can be extended for
5 more years while regional licenses can last for only 8
years.
Which indicates the acceptable costs that can be
afforded by many Iraqi families, with the
government planning for a full coverage. In
addition to that, the market remained open to the
foreign companies to increase the national
competition and prices comparison, as there are
more than 3 main operating companies in the
mobile fields in the country.
The communication sector is considered as one of
the successful sectors in the period following the
year 2003. With better security situation, better laws and fully free market, the climate
will be more suitable to attract more local and foreign investments.
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Investment opportunities in the communication sector
1. Marketing a whole group of communication and internet services through
Access Network (video calls, voice and data, high quality TV channels and
games).
2. Investment in fiber optic cable along the country for communication and
internet services.
3. Land and data inventory is being conducted in the companies relevant to Mo C
to be presented to investment.
4. Marketing communication and internet services through sea and land outlet
(international and local).
5. Secure, enhance and develop security systems in communication and
electronic protection.
6. Partnership with international companies in:
A. Activate saving sector role in using modern systems
B. Programming (electronic payment, electronic signature)
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4-Health and Environment Sector
During the 1970s and 80s of the last century, the Republic of Iraq was
considered as one of the leading nations in healthcare in the Middle East and
North Africa. Sanctions imposed on Iraq in the 1990s led to deterioration in the
healthcare system.
Today the Iraqi government works on changing the healthcare system to make
a better one through investment in teaching, training and infrastructure. The
government is committed to return the healthcare system to a better quality
than before by increasing the health care budget, which indicates a fundamental
change in the government priorities in this vital sector. There are 360 hospital
and 1609 healthcare clinic located in the provinces and tens of thousands
private medical clinics.
Health indicators is of great importance to growth, standard of living and
human capacity building. It is well known that the health status of the people in
any country is considered as a main factor in the economic growth of the
country. In Iraq, the Ministry of Health is in charge of determining the health
level within a large system of hospitals and different medical clinics in addition
to the private health sector represented by private hospitals and private medical
clinics.
Health Indicators reflecting the sector's status and development:
- Number of hospitals in Iraq (public and private) till 2018 is 380
hospitals and 1620 healthcare center (except KRG).
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Investment opportunities in health sector announced by the MoH
No. Project name Achievement
rate
Province
1 400- bed hospital %30 Wasit
2 200- bed hospital %56 Anbar/
Haditha
3 300- bed hospital %29 Karbala
4 200- bed hospital %17 Baghdad/ Al
Husaynia
5 400- bed hospital %25 Kirkuk
6 400- bed hospital %26 Al Muthana
7 100- bed hospital %37 Saladin/
Samara
8 100- bed hospital %30 Saladin/
Dejail
9 100- bed hospital %30 Saladin/
Tooz
Moh letter no. 73629 in 16/2/2018
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Investment Opportunities in Health Sector announced by Provinces
No Project’s Name Type of
Investment
Opportunities
Province
1. Specialized cancer treatment center New Baghdad, Al Karkh and Al-
Rusafa
2. Arabic Child Hospital in Al-Karkh (50
beds)
New Baghdad/ Al-Karkh
3. 3-4 Drugs and medical appliances
factory.
New Baghdad, Al Karkh and Al-
Rusafa
4. 2 Sterility and fertility hospital New Baghdad in Al Karkh and Al-
Rusafa
5. 2 Specialized ophthalmology hospital New Baghdad , Al Karkh and Al-
Rusafa
6. 1 Specialized cardiac surgery hospital New Baghdad, Al Karkh and Al-
Rusafa
7. 2-3 hydrogen peroxide (pure O2)Plant New Baghdad, Al Karkh and Al-
Rusafa
8. 2 Complete medical city New Baghdad , Al Karkh
9. 4 General hospitals , capacity: 50 bed
each
New Baghdad, Al-Karkh and Al-
Rusafa
10. 4 Specialized medical centers, capacity :
(20 bed or more)
New Baghdad , Al-Karkh and Al-
Rusafa
11. Joint venture with international
companies hospital management and
other medical fields
Contracting with
specialized
companies to open
new hospitals in
Iraq
Baghdad , Al-Karkh and Al-
Rusafa
12. Extra governmental hospitals to be
submitted as an investment opportunity
Contracting with
specialized
companies to open
new hospitals in
Iraq
Baghdad , Al-Karkh and Al-
Rusafa
13. 1 General hospital capacity : (100 beds)
area 2 dumun
New Wasit/ Kut city center
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14. 1 Specialized Heart and Blood Vessels
Surgery
New Wasit/ kut
15. 1 Specialized gynecology Center New Wasit/ kut
16. 1 Specialized Infertility and IVP (Tube
Baby) Center
New Wasit/ kut
17. 1Specialized ophthalmology Surgery
hospital (50 beds)
New Wasit/ city center
18. 1 Specialized oncology Center New Wasit/ city center
19. General hospital 100 beds new Wasit/ Swaiyra
20. 1 Specialized in Laparoscopic surgery
and laser center
New Wasit/ Kut
21. 1 Specialized Plastic Surgery Center New Wasit/ Kut
22. 1 Complete Medical City New Wasit/ Kut
23. Medical Supplies and drugs Plant New Wasit/ Swaiyra- Kut
24. 1 General hospital 1000 dunum New Holy Najaf
25. 1 General hospital plot 25/2738 m5 Um
Abasyat (10 dunum) Al Shafiya
New Al-Diwaniah
26. 1 General hospital plot 18/4105 m18
Sadir Al Yousfiya (4 donum) Ifak
New Al-Diwaniah
27. 1 General hospital capacity : plot 21/14
m2 Al Hebsa 6 dunum
New Al-Diwaniah
28. Specialized Major Surgery Center
(cardiac & blood vessels , neurosurgery,
oncology)
New (estimated
cost $5 million,
4000m² area in the
commercial zone
in Ramadi
Anbar
29. Medical equipment, Stethoscope
medical beds, gauze, medical cotton,
bandage, wheelchairs for people with
special needs and handicaps, all kinds of
tubes used for laboratory samples, blood
pressure monitor, all types of needles,
medical waste containers , blood
transfusion equipment, temperature
gauge, etc.)
New Anbar
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Investment opportunity in Environment Sector No. Department Project name Location
1 Water & soil
monitoring
Dust and desert control and monitoring
center using remote sensors control
1. mid Euphrates (Karbala,
Najaf, Babylon, Qadisiya,
Muthana)
2. Southern area (Wasit,
Maysan, Thi Qar, Basra)
2 Observe and asses
industrial activities
and services.
Monitoring gas and fine particles
emissions due to polluted industrial and
services activities.
Oil refineries, power stations,
cement factories and hospitals
in Baghdad and provinces.
3 Monitoring chemical
materials and asses
polluted sites.
Treating oil waste activities - All oil fields in provinces,
- Oil refineries
- Leaks resulting from broken
pipes- polluted soil
Test imported chemicals, paints, toys in
borders outlets.
borders outlets in Basra,
Maysan, Wasit, Diyala,
Hazardous waste control in borders
outlets
Borders outlets (land, air, and
sea)
Treating chemically polluted sites. All provinces, priority to the
most contaminated sites.
Electric and electronic waste recycling Locations following
environmental instructions
regarding recycling wastes.
4 Climate changes and
air type control
Supply and install fixed station for noise
metering in all provinces except KRG
all provinces except KRG
Supply and install fixed station for noise
metering non- ionized ray in Baghdad and
provinces.
Baghdad and provinces
5 Information
technology
Develop the website by presenting
electronic services
Baghdad/ Ministry HQ.
6 Planning and
Technical follow up
Environment Clock for monitoring
climate changes / cost I b ID
Baghdad/ green area
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Investment opportunity sent by Ministry of Higher Education
and Scientific Research
no Project name Type of
opportunity
Province
1 Ibn Sina General Hospital 600 beds New Baghdad
2 General University Hospital 600 beds New Mosul
3 General University Hospital 600 beds New Holy
Karbala
4 Teaching University Hospital area 7
domun
New Babylon
5 Teaching Surgical hospital New Dewaniya
6 University Hospital area 100 domun New Anbar
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5- Housing and Infrastructure sector:
Economically speaking,
housing is a very vital
sector for the important
roles it plays in the
formation of the fixed
capital, generating
incomes and creating job
opportunities and through
the connection with other
activities. Many countries which enjoy financial surpluses go to maximizing the role
of this sector, in other words considering it as a producing sector.
The Government of Iraq granted the private sector and the foreign investor the
enabled role that may achieve touchable results in the housing production field by
providing the lands suitable for housing purposes which will contribute to treating
the problem of the residential slums and expanding in manufacturing the
construction materials, taking into consideration the average growth of the Iraqi
population and the fact of the need of 2 million housing units.
The contribution of the private sector to the GDP in the fixed prices was
approximately %85, while contribution of this sector to the GDP in the fixed prices
the year 2018 was %7.5 based on the national
development plan.
This sector greatly contributes to the increasing
demand on the materials used in production in
addition to addressing unemployment in Iraq. The
National Investment Commission announced the national housing project to build 1
million housing units in all provinces of Iraq and have already started the
implementation of the first stage of this huge project through constructing 100
thousand units in Baghdad (Bismaiya New Housing City Project) implemented by
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Hanawah South Korean Company for Engineering & Construction, to build. These
100 thousand units is part of Baghdad's total housing quota of 224 thousand units.
The following table shows the housing units needed by each province according to
the database available at the Ministry of Planning:
Number of Housing Units that are to be implemented in each Province
Number of units Province/ Region
45 thousand units Anbar
54 thousand units Babylon
224 thousand units Baghdad
80 thousand units Basra
35 thousand units Diwania
43 thousand units Diyala
31 thousand units Holy Kerbala
40 thousand units Kirkuk
140 thousand units KRG
31 thousand units Maysan
22 thousand units Muthana
37 thousand units Holy Najaf
101 thousand units Nineveh
39 thousand units Saladin
58 thousand units Thi Qar
36 thousand units Wassit
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NIC is supervising the implementation of the I million housing project in all Iraqi
provinces through facilitating the process of allocating lands for investors, while a
group of Iraqi banks (Rafidain Bank, Rasheed Bank, and TBI) are regulating the
financial processes regarding this project.
The National Investment Commission has announced many housing projects as investment
opportunities, among which are the following:
Dhifaf Karbala Housing City Project at the Province of Holy Karbala: This project
includes the construction of a modern city of approximately forty thousand housing
unit with integrated services, the project's infrastructure shall include commercial, and
entertainment centers.
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Available Investment Opportunities at Housing Sector*
No. Project name Location allocated area in dunem **
Province Land owner
1 Housing units 43/5229/m1 Al Khir- Saydiya
6 Baghdad Al Faw Co.
2 Housing units 2/21/m10 Abo Desheer
40 Baghdad Al Faw Co.
3 Tajiat Complex Tajiat 100 Baghdad -
4 Al Amriya Housing complex (phase 1)
Amriya 36 Baghdad Ministry of Housing & rehabilitation
5 Al Amriya Housing complex (phase 2)
Amriya/ location 1
29 Baghdad Ministry of Housing & rehabilitation
6 Al Amriya Housing complex (phase 2)
Amriya / location 2
33 Baghdad Ministry of Housing & rehabilitation
7 Housing complex Amriya 1/3082 m18
10 Baghdad Ministry of Youth & Sport
8 Housing complex 1/151 m61 3 Karbala Ministry of Youth & Sport
9 Housing complex 1/5794 m29 Damook
6 Wasit Ministry of Youth & Sport
10 Housing complex for employees
323/179 +321/1 39 ninety
9 dunum 9 ulk
3dunum 3 ulk
Kirkuk Ministry of Youth & Sport
11 Housing complex 545/9 Akad 18 Thi Qar Ministry of Youth & Sport
12 Housing complex 110/49566 5 Thi Qar Ministry of Youth & Sport
13 Housing complex 7/1/m26 - Sinaiyat
250 Wasit Al Farooq State Co.
14 Al Nasriya Housing complex
Kashmara Island
100 Nasriya Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
15 Abo Mahar Housing complex
Abo Mahar 98 Smawa Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
16 Um Al Khail Housing complex
Um Al Khail 15 Dewaniya Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
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17 Vertical housing units 19/1416 m18 Sadit Al Yousfiya
6 dunum 16 ulk
Dewaniya Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
18 Housing complex 4/3411 m1 Um Al Khail
5 Dewaniya Ministry of Youth & Sport
19 Sabakh 1 complex Salt lands 100 Basra Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
20 Sabakh 2 complex Salt lands 101 Basra Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
21 Khazna Tebe housing complex
Mosul 26 Nineveh Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
22 Kokjely housing complex
Mosul 46 Nineveh Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
23 Maghriba housing complex
Emara 40 Maysan Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
24 Matarda Housing complex
Tikrit 76 Saladin Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
25 Anbar housing complex
Hasaw Al Shamiya
50 Anbar Ministry of housing and Reconstruction
26 Employees housing complex
Hasaw Al Shamiya 83/27430 m47
50 Anbar Ministry of Youth & Sport
27 Housing units 200 units
Anbar Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
28 Vertical Housing units 400 units
Anbar Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
29 Housing units for College of Veterinary Medicine
Thi Qar Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
30 Housing units for employees
Thi Qar Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
MoHE&SR/ Gov. Contracts Dept 4005 in 4/12/2018
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Available Investment Opportunities at Housing Sector by
Provinces Investment Commissions*
No. Project name Location allocated
area in
dunem **
Province
1. Housing units for
employees
1/406 27
Hamamiyat
23 Baghdad / Taji
2. Vertical Housing
complex for
employees
3/8890 dist. 14 5 Baghdad/
Mashtal
3. Housing complex Tikrit center 32 Saladin
4. Housing complex Tikrit center 30 Saladin
5. Housing complex Tikrit university 8 Saladin
6. Housing complex Najaf & green
belt Q3/58329
61m
194 Holy Karbala
7. Housing complex Najaf & green
belt Q3/58330
61m
170 Holy Karbala
8. Housing complex
for employees
3/5751 61 Jezera 2 Holy Karbala
9. Housing complex Dewaniya/
Shafiya District/
plot 25/3337 um
Abasiyat
20 Dewaniya
10. Housing complex Dewaniya/ part
of plot 3/1, 8/1,
4/1/ m5 um
Abasiyat
70 Dewaniya
11. Housing complex Province center/
plot 50/4, 50/10
m2 Albo Salih
70 Dewaniya
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12. Horizontal housing
complex
Nasriya Center 100 Thi Qar
13. Horizontal housing
complex
Nasriya Center 135 Thi Qar
14. Housing complex
for Ur co.
employees
Nasriya Center 2 Thi Qar
15. Housing complex
for investment
commission.
employees
Nasriya Center 20 Thi Qar
16. Housing complex
for integrity
commission.
employees
Nasriya Center 3 Thi Qar
17. Housing complex
for power
production
employees
Nasriya Center 119 Thi Qar
18. Housing complex
for Nasriya
municipality
employees
Nasriya Center 68 Thi Qar
19. Housing complex
for urban planning.
Employees
Nasriya Center 4 Thi Qar
20. Horizontal housing
complex
Rifaii 150 Thi Qar
21. vertical housing
complex
Rifaii 234 Thi Qar
22. Horizontal housing
complex
Ghraaf 160 Thi Qar
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23. Horizontal housing
complex
Al Tar 100 Thi Qar
24. Horizontal housing
complex
Al Nasir 136 Thi Qar
25. Housing complex
for financial
monitoring
14/2641 Abo
Rumana Emara
56 Maysan
26. Horizontal housing
complex
Al mejer Al
Kabeer center
79 Maysan
27. Horizontal housing
complex
Al Maymona 79 Maysan
28. Horizontal housing
complex
Al Maymona/
Al Adil
32 Maysan
29. Horizontal housing
complex
Qalaa Salih 52 Maysan
30. Horizontal housing
complex
Al Maymona/
Al Salam
38 Maysan
31. Horizontal housing
complex
Al Aziz 16 Maysan
32. Horizontal housing
complex
Ali Al Sharqi 38 Maysan
33. Horizontal housing
complex
Al Kahlaa 45 Maysan
34. housing complex
(announced by
Ministry of
Housing)
Al Emarra city
center
40 Maysan
35. Employees housing
complex
(announced by
Ministry of Trade)
Al Ofiya
10/1368/m5
9 Maysan
36. Employees housing
complex
Al Ofiya
10/1368 m5
9 dunum 14
ulk
Maysan
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37. housing complex 147/795 Qibla 10 Basra center/ Saad
Sq.- 14 of July St.
opposite to Basra
University
38. housing complex 284/10 district 1
Jbela
1.5 Basra Center/ Time
Sq.
39. housing complex 57/3 m²
Kharbatliya
12 Basra center-
40. housing complex 1849/1873 Kut 50 Al Zubair- Kut
41. housing complex 10 plots from
plot 2 dist. 52
23 Al Zubair- east
Shiaba
42. housing complex Part of plot 1/55
north Sefwan
81 Sefwan/ Zubair
43. housing complex Part of plot
6/2/10 south
mulhat
2942 Sothern mulhat /
Zubair
44. Sefwan
Municipality
employees housing
Part of plot 420
north Sefwan
15 Zubair- north
Sefwan
45. Accommodation+
commercial
Part of plot 56
north Sefwan
119 Zubair- north
Sefwan
46. housing complex 9/11 district 17
Al therewia
21 Basra- Zubair-
therewia- Um Qasir
road
47. Housing complex Plot 6142/1
district 61 talaa
Al hamza
50 Basra- Abo Al
khaseeb- talaa Al
hemza
48. Housing complex Plot 234 district
50 Al Hamza
16.5 Basra- Abo Al
khaseeb- upper Al
hemza
49. Housing complex part of plot
1/3363 m 28
Biban
43 Basra – Shat Al
Arab- Biban
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50. Housing complex Part of plot
1/3363 m 28
Biban
61 Basra – Shat Al
Arab- Biban
51. Housing complex Part of plot
1/3363 m 28
Biban
63 Basra – Shat Al
Arab- Biban
52. Housing complex Part of plot
1/3363 m 28
Biban
56 Basra – Shat Al
Arab- Biban
53. Housing complex Part of plot
1/3363 m 28
Biban
90 Basra – Shat Al
Arab- Biban
54. Housing complex Part of plot
1/3363 m 28
Biban
43 Basra – Shat Al
Arab- Biban
55. Housing complex Part of plot
1/3363 m 28
Biban
75 Basra – Shat Al
Arab- Biban
56. Housing complex Part of plot
1/3363 m 28
Biban
100 Basra – Shat Al
Arab- Biban
57. Housing complex 17/2530 m 7
Um Qasir
37 Basra – Um Qasir
58. Housing complex 17/2029 m 7
Um Qasir
16 Basra – Um Qasir
59. Housing complex
for the State Co. of
Iraq’s Ports
22 Najebiya m7 99 Basra
60. Al Faw housing
project
5/8 m6 326 Basra
61. housing complex
for judges
4/2075 Al Ribat
Al Kebeer
19 Basra
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62. housing complex 2/2393 Al Ribat
Al Kebeer
116 Basra
63. housing complex 5/22.7 Al Ribat
Al Kebeer
84 Basra
64. Province
employees housing
(Basra and Shat Al
Arab)
595/3 district 28
Biban
80 Basra
65. Province
employees housing
(Basra and Shat Al
Arab)
2388/37 district
27 Akawat
2392/37 district
27 Akawat
2393/37 district
27 Akawat
2394/37 district
27 Akawat
94 Basra – Shat Al
Arab- Biban
66. Housing complex Province center 324 Babylon
67. Habaniya new city Anbar- habaniya
lake
16.000 Anbar – Habaniya
68. Housing complex
in Rawa
Rawa village –
within the
village area
90 Anbar- Rawa
69. Housing complex
in Ramadi
Ramadi- area 18
km between the
highway and the
old way plot
83/33596 m47
Haswat Al
Shamiya
405 Anbar- Ramadi
70. Housing complex
in Ramadi
Ramadi- the
new expansion
of the city to the
south (south of
Anbar
University)
8000 Anbar- Ramadi
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71. Housing complex
in Haditha
Plot 178/15170
m23 k3
100 Anbar – Haditha
72. Housing complex
in Saqlawiya
Saqlawiya m15
Abo Sdera
35 Anbar- Saqlawiya
73. Vertical units Ramadi-
industrial zone
7.5 Anbar- Ramadi
74. New Faluja City Plot 54/6877 m2
Al Neaimiya
3.000 Anbar- Faluja
75. Housing units for
employees
83/27430 m47
haswat
alshamiya
40 Anbar
76. Housing units 1/5794 m29
Damook
5 Wasit
77. Housing units (the
national project)
Nisf Al Dejela
1/14 Kut
1000 Wasit
78. Vertical units 6/9409 m18 Al
Beghela
72 Wasit
79. Housing units 4/3411 m1 Um
Al Khail
5 Dewaniya
80. Housing units
Najaf
Parts of plots
2/6&3 m 15
Najaf sea 4m15
Najaf sea 1m11
Different
areas
Holy Najaf
**Dunem is 2500m², ulk is 100m²
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7. Transportation Sector
It is one of the important economic
sectors for its direct impact on the
daily life of people and its tangled
connection with the other
economic sectors which can't be
improved and developed without
good infrastructure and efficient
services of the transport system
and all types of land usage requires
a road net that meets its needs.
This sector is characterized by a big contribution of the local and foreign private
sector and investments in implementing and operating lots of its projects.
The contribution of this sector to the GDP in the fixed prices was approximately
%7.8 for the year 2018,
Iraq has planned to exploit its special geographic location in developing the transport sector in
all its branches (land, maritime and air), the matter that will help in achieving the economic
growth and creating lots of job opportunities in the international commercial businesses
especially when developing the sector's infrastructure which will result in diversifying
revenues and providing better services to people and all users.
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Available Investment Opportunities in Transportation
First: Railways State Company
no Project name Details length Number
of lines
Signals &
communication
Axial
load/
ton
Speed (km/h) Total transport
(million)
Estimate cost (million USD) Project
implementation
period passengers Goods/ton passengers Goods/
ton
Acquisitions implementation total
1 Circle line
around Baghdad
Detailed designs were
conducted 1982 by Italian
consulting company
(Sotkny) circle line length
(ring) 112km, total length
main and branches
284km.
284 mixed ERTMS/
level 2
25 200 140 23 46 430 2000 2430 5 years
2 Basra- Fao Detailed designs were
recently conducted by
German consulting
company (Dorsh Group)
100 double ERTMS/
level 2/1
25 140 100 1 70 300 1410 1710 3 years
3 Baghdad- Kut-
Umara- Basra
Branch line (Kut-
Nasriya- Um
Qasir)
Detailed designs (1982)
prepared by British
Henderson Hughes are
old and most of them are
lost. The main line
(Baghdad- Kut- Umara-
Basra) is 504 km –double.
The Branch line (Kut-
Nasriya- Um Qasir) is 406
km –double. Designs need
to be updated with a new
feasible study to the
project.
100 double 2730 11000
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4 Musaieb- Karbal-
Najaf- Semawa
Detailed designs were
conducted 1982 by Italian
consulting company
(Sotkny) updated by Italian
(Ital Fair)
228 double ERTMS/
level 2
25 250 140 6 2 750 2400 3150 3 years
5 Mousil- Dehouk-
Zakho- Turkey
Designs were conducted
by British consulting
company (Henderson
Hughes) 1982, updated by
Czech companies, EKB,
CZ Group, Power Office.
160 double ERTMS/
level 2
25 200 140 1 55 450 2157 2607 3 years
6 (Baghdad-
Baquba- Kirkuk-
Erbil- Mousil)
branch line
(Baquba-
Khanaqeen-
Munthirya- Iran)
detailed designs were
conducted by French
consulting company (Sorfrel)
1982, currently updated by
Czech consulting company
(CZ Group).double line
length 455km single line
length 200km, can be
doubled. Total length of
main and branches is 700-
750 km
700 mixed ERTMS/
level 2
25 250 140 6 20 1650 7000 8650 7 years
7 Railway
connection
between Iraq &
Jordan (from
Rutba to
Traibeel)
Designs were recently
conducted by German
consulting company
(Dorsh Group)
400 Single
can be
doubled
ERTMS/
level 2
25 250 140 3 12 50 4000 4050 5 years
8 Sheaba- Zubair-
Marbid- Safwan-
Kuwait
Detailed designs were
recently conducted by
Italian (Ital Fair). Length
shall be according to
future projects, final
length might be 14kn only
from Marbid to Safwan/
Kuwait- Al Hadeed)
52 double ERTMS/
level 2
25 250 140 2 20 150 500 650 3 years
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9 Kut- Baquba No previous designs or
documents, new ones are
required
250 double ERTMS/
level 2
25 250 140 6 20 750 3000 3750 4 years
10 Mono Rail
(Karbala- Najaf )
New project (above the
main road towards Najaf
70 Double - - - - - - - - - -
Baghdad Mono Rail
Details/ Vital project with good financial revenues, prepared by French Alstom Co.
Estimated cost: 1.5 b USD
Implementation period: 5 years
Project purpose: relief traffic jam and improve services in Baghdad
Phases, location, and lines in Baghdad
1. Phase 1: 15.5 km between Kadhimiya and Sadir City passing through Shaab Q. 12 stations along the Tigress
2. Phase 2: 4.45km between the International Station and Utaifiya with two stations.
Baghdad Province Authority letter/ Consultant office/ m1/ 38 in 25/1/2018
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Second: State Company for Iraqi Civil Aviation
No. Agency Project name Location Plot no. Area Estimated cost
in USD/time
Notes
1 State
Company for
Civil
Aviation
1- Five stars hotel
in BIAP
Baghdad /
BIAP
Plot 33 Al
Sewaib 17
17000m² ---- Governmental plot allocated for the
State Company for Civil Aviation
2- Maintenance,
operating,
training center to
pilots and
aviation staff
Baghdad /
BIAP
Plot 30/108 Al
Sewaib 17
10000m² Developing project for aviation staff
Governmental plot, MoF
3- Internal Metro
in BIAP
Baghdad /
BIAP
Project line goes
through 18 plots
The project serves passengers in and
out of airport in no time
Metro starts in Abbass Bin Fernas
Sq. to passengers terminals
4- Full services
complex
(commercial,
tourists,
residential)
Basra /
Basra
International
Airport
Plot 13/7715 Q
42 Toba &
Nekhela
100 domun Plot to the east south of the airport
(private property) outside the
secured fence
Area can be used as HQs to foreign
companies working in Iraq
especially in oil and gas sector
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5- Rehabilitation &
development of
Mosul International
Airport
Nineveh/
Mosul
international
Airport
-- 4000m² 126 b ID Estimated cost for the unit before
2014 is 120 b ID
Total estimated cost for the damaged
units 120 b ID
Estimated cost for the damaged
furniture and assets before the crises
3.703.000.000 ID. Type of damage:
total damage more than %40
2 Iraqi Airways
Company
A. 5 stars hotel with
complete services
(within Baghdad
International Airport
Area)
Baghdad
International
Airport
Plot 9/10 dis. 17
Al Sewaib
15000 m² 50m USD Plot belongs to the Iraqi Airways
Company
B. trade Center Baghdad/
Bataween
Plot 20/1 1000 dunem 20m USD Plot belongs to the Iraqi Airways
Company
3 State Company
for
transportation
projects
1- Construction of
asphalt plant
Baghdad --- 10 dunem 10 b ID/ 2
years
Purpose: asphalt production, supply
to MoT projects and other ministries
in Baghdad and the surrounding areas.
Production Capacity: 120-180 t/h
Production age: 15 years
Project components: non-residential
facilities, machinery, special vehicles
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2- Concrete plant Baghdad/
Abo Ghraib
Plot 10/30
Q 14 Aqarqoof
4.8 dunem 9 b ID / 2 years Purpose: Concrete production, supply
to MoT projects and other ministries
in Baghdad and the surrounding areas.
Production Capacity: 90 m³/h
Production age: 15 years
Project components: non-residential
facilities, machinery
4 State Company
for Iraqi
Railways
A. Hotel, trade canter,
parking area, housing
units
Baghdad
/Alawi
Plot 400/1
Karadat
Mariam
Part of plot 557
Karadat
Mariam
12
dunem
21
dunem
Private property
Residential complex Baghdad /
Al Yousfiya
--- 360 dunem --- Private property
A number of plots Southern
provinces
(Babylon,
Muthana,
Basra)
All plots are private property, can be
used for commercial, industrial,
agricultural purposes according to
location.
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7- Industry and Minerals sector
The Industrial sector is seen as one of the most
prominent component of the non- oil economy,
and the Ministry of Industry and Minerals (MIM)
is considered as the main pillar for the industrial
policy in Iraq which encourages investment
according to investment law for the year 2006 as
amended and it runs the state owned enterprises
(SOEs) and seeks to develop these SOEs in
cooperation with other sides willing to invest to
raise efficiency of performance. MIM also
specified a number of projects through which it aims at attracting foreign
investments especially that this Ministry already has a number of investment bases
and regulations. Law No.22 for the year 1997 (regarding state
owned companies) focuses on rehabilitating the
operating plants which employ capitals and
special expertise and it allows the SOEs to
conclude agreements with foreign investors who
will also be covered by the incentives and
privileges provided by the investment law No.
13 for 2006 that encourages investment and it
also provide protection to foreign investments in
this sector among other economic sectors.
MIM launched an ambitious program in 2005 for granting licenses to establish joint
ventures and production sharing agreements for the purpose of promoting
investment in this sector where investor should undertake all the rehabilitation
processes, management and operating the plant at his own within the framework of
the investment concept announced by the Ministry against a share of the production
within a pre specified duration of 15-20 years, and the investor is free to suggest
rehabilitation through rehabilitating the available machines and equipment or
substitute all by new machinery, in all cases, the Ministry will be an active partner
and shall be ready to provide the investor with all available database in addition to
helping in issuing the entry visas for the technical teams to the plant sites.
The developments in this sector included evaluating the suggestions to reduce the imports
volumes to reinforce domestic products and ensure a package of comprehensive reforms
which guarantee protection of investors' benefits and help to maintain a framework for the
sustainable investment in SOEs, it is expected that the reforms package wall not only lead to
rehabilitate this sector but will result in producing new proactive energies and enforcing the
available laws.
Iraq currently has diversified light and heavy industries like carpets, automobile
assembling, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, fertilizers and other more industries. It
is hoped that SOEs can play an important role in supplying both the state and private
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industries with the required products and services in light of applying a series of
technical and management reforms and the investment directions to improve the
quality of performance and production.
Most of SOEs works in low capacities for the following reasons:
1- Old machinery, equipment and production lines as most of them were provided during the
seventies and eighties of the last century.
2- Old technology that does not match the international progress in the industrial sector
3- The unreliable national power grid that can't meet the electrical needs of industrial plants.
4- Domestic market opening up to imported products, the matter that impacted the
competitiveness of the national products with prices and quality.
Consequently, MIM has adopted a plan to rehabilitate and develop most of SOEs through
partnering with Arab and foreign private sector.
The Role of Government in the Industrial Sector
MIM is aiming at rehabilitating its companies or turning them into state or private joint
stock companies and has announced a number of investment profiles for several
companies, some of which have already been won by investors in order to be
rehabilitated and operated, while issuance of investment law No. 13 for the year 2006
as amended has contributed much to reinforcing this trend.
Legal frameworks that govern the process of rehabilitating SOEs in addition to
investment law can be shown below:
State companies' law No. 22 for the year 1997as amended:
This law regulates the work of the state owned companies, the provision (15/3) of the
same law allows the state company to conclude partnership with foreign company to
implement a business that lays within the state company activities in Iraq depending on
the legal basis for the partnership contracts included in the state companies law which
gave the right to these companies to partner with Arab and foreign companies and
enterprises to implement works relevant to the state companies objectives inside Iraq.
Public sector projects that are to be rehabilitated or operated with private and mixed sector, are
covered with all privileges and guarantees prescribed in the investment law no.13 of2006 (the
first amendment of investment law no.13 of 2006 (Article 6/B), that was added to the text of
(Article 32).The law applies to the projects agreed on and contracted before the enforcement of
this law.
Companies law No. 21 for the year 1997 as amended:
Provision No. (8) of this law allows limited companies to form projects where the state
contributes less than 25% of the capital shares.
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Available Investment Opportunities at Ministry of Industry and Minerals
announced as Investment Opportunities which includes (New Projects and
Rehabilitation Projects)
Investment is based on partnership contracts with private sector according to
Article 15/third, State Companies law no. 22 in 1997 amended, contracts can
enjoy privileges in investment law no 13 amended Article 33/B.
Below, you can find the table of Available Investment Opportunities at Ministry of
Industry and Minerals that are distributed in terms of the type of the project, form of
investment and the Province the project is located in bases on management and
production partnership, increasing the production capacity regarding rehabilitation
projects and FDI for new projects.
No State Company Investment Opportunities Investment type
1 State Company for
Tires and Rubber
Industries
- Al Dewaniya Tires Factory
- Rubber products Factory/Najaf
- Babylon tires factory
- Invest a plot in Karbala for
vertical housing
- Invest a plot in Dawoody/
Baghdad
Rehabilitation and
Development
Rehabilitation and
Development
Rehabilitation and
Development
2 Ur State Co.
(3 opportunities)
- Cables Factory
- Aluminum Factory
- Medium pressure cables
Rehabilitation and
Development
Rehabilitation and
Development
Partnership
3 State Company for
electronic and
electric industries
(27 opportunities)
- Production and assembly of
household electrical products
(fans, pullers, motors, pumps,
washing machines)
- Product and maintain different
devices for medical purposes
- Production of oxygen gas (gas +
liquid) for medical and industrial
uses
- Product and maintain electrical
and solar heaters
- Product and maintain drugs
systems ( pumps & submersibles)
traditional and solar
- Production, installation,
maintenance of display systems
and electrical doors
Partnership
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- Production, installation,
maintenance of elevators and
transformation belts
- Production of different size
caravans
- Production of power stations
working with solar cell energy
- Production and maintenance of
water purification and sterilization
plants of various capacities and
solar water sterilization systems
RO
- Manufacturing of spare tools such
as mechanical parts (axles, gears,
flanges, carbon and copper
brushes, and other spare parts) for
the Ministry of Oil and Electricity
- Production and rehabilitation of
distribution transformers to
exploit the available capacities in
the company
- Rehabilitation of power plants to
exploit the available capacities in
the company
- Production and rehabilitation of
roof, table, wall, vertical and air
evacuation devices, in different
sizes and capacities to exploit
available capacities in the
company
- Production of evaporative cooling
air engines and utilization of
available capacities in the
company
- Production of water pumps for
evaporative air coolers and
domestic pumps to exploit the
available capacities in the
company
- Production of household switches
(electric plug) of different types
and capacities
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- Production and maintenance of air
conditioners and separate air
conditioners and central air
conditioners
- Production and maintenance of
high voltage motors with different
capacities of (5Mw - 200Kw)
- Production and maintenance of
telecommunication devices
- Production of sewage treatment
plants
- Establishment of central
laboratories for testing the
company's finished products and
other entities
- Giant screens
- Manufacture of plastic security
seal
- Production of measuring stick
- Aluminum cables and cables
project
- Power Distribution Boards
44 State Co. for
Construction
industries (9)
- Baghdad bricks Factory
- Old Qadisiyah bricks Factory
- Abu Ghraib structures factory
- Badush Columns Factory
- Abu Ghraib Central Cookery
Factory
- AlBateen site for the production
of broken gravel / Basra
- AlAkhaydar Building Sand
Production site / Karbala
Governorate
- Khan Al-Robaa site for the
production of filter sand / Karbala
governorate
- Abu Ghraib structures factory
Rehabilitation and
development
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5 Al Furat State Co.
for chemicals and
Pesticides (3)
- expansion of soda and chlorine
plant
- development and modernization
of concentrated sulfuric acid
plant.
- rehabilitation and operation of Al
Tariq plant for agricultural
pesticides
Partnership
Rehabilitation and
development
Rehabilitation and
development
6 State Co. for mining
(3)
- Sodium carbonate project.
- chlorine production project
- ferrosilicon production project
partnership
7 State Co. for glass
and thermo (9)
- Rehabilitation and operation of
glass panel production plant
- construction and operation of
bottles and jars plant with a
capacity of 175 tons/day
- Rehabilitation and operation of
the medical bottles production
plant
- Rehabilitation and operation wall
tiles plant
- Rehabilitation and operation of
floor tiles plant
- Rehabilitation and operation of
sanitary and ceramic sanitary
ware plant
- Rehabilitation and operation of
Al-Alumina thermal brick
production plant / Fallujah
- Rehabilitation and operation of
thermal materials production plant
/ Baghdad
- Construction and operation of
clear float glass production plant
700 tons / day
Rehabilitation and
development
Partnership
Rehabilitation and
development
Rehabilitation and
development
Rehabilitation and
development
Rehabilitation and
development
Rehabilitation and
development
Rehabilitation and
development
Partnership
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88 State Co. for food
industries (6)
- Maysan Sugar Factory
- Starch and dextrin plant.
- Al Farabi Factory.
- Al-Mansour Factory / Baiji
- Al Amin Factory
- Mosul Sugar Factory
Rehabilitation and
development
9 Diyala State Co. (1) - Fans factory Rehabilitation and
development
1. 1
0
State Co. for
petrochemicals (5)
- Production lines (low/ high
density Ethylene
- Maysan paper factory/ cement
bags
- Chlorine factory
- Basra paper factory
- School supply factory/ Taji
(copybooks, egg trays, paper
waste press)
Rehabilitation and
development
Partnership
Rehabilitation and
development
Rehabilitation and
development
11 State Co. for
Industrial
development
- Industrial city in Basra
- Industrial city in Thi Qar
- Industrial city in Anbar
- Industrial city in Nineveh
- Industrial city in Najaf
Investment
12 State Company for
medication and
medical supplies /
Samara
- Samara factory
- Baghdad factory
- Intravenous Solution Factory/
Nineveh
- Al Yousfiya land
- Mosul residential project
Rehabilitation and
Development
Rehabilitation and
Development
Rehabilitation and
Development
Partnership
partnership
13 State Company for
communication
equipment
- Electric Column Factory
- Transformer Repair Workshop
- Plastic Factory
- lightening factory LED
- Production of parquet and
bentonite
- Capacity enhancement factories
- Cathodic protection units
- security cameras
- drilling Timepieces
Partnership
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- Concentrated Sulfuric acid
- Hydrogen peroxide (pure medical
Oxygen)
14 Al Faris State Co. - Water Purification and industrial
Desalination System
- Rehabilitation of heavy
mechanical machines
- Heavy engineering equipment
including:
- Thermocouples
- Steam boilers
- Oil tanks and vats
- Galvanization project
- Precast concrete project
Partnership
15 State Co. for Copper
and mechanical
industries (8)
- Copper pipes 8 m FHRC
technology using copper scrap
- Thermal and electrochemical
purification project using copper
scrap produced in the factories of
the company
- producing cups using the slats
produced from the rolling
production line
- BRC project and dust containers
for protection
- Highway Fencing Project and
accessories
- Production of artillery , rafting
and mortar in modern technology
- Develop Ibn Al Haitham factory
for optics and provide modern
technology
- Develop Al Amer factory for
mechanical operating and provide
relevant modern equipment,
machinery and techniques
Partnership
Partnership
Partnership
Partnership
Partnership
Rehabilitation and
Development
Rehabilitation and
modernization
Rehabilitation and
Development
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16 State Co. doe Iron
& Steel
- Steel project
- longitudinal welded pipes project
- Sponge iron factory
Partnership
17 State Company for
Hydraulic Industries
(22)
- manufacture and assembly of
hydraulic, pneumatic systems,
connections and lubrication
- Smart Parking Project
- Production project of recycling
and waste treatment equipment
- Examination, conformity and
training project
- assembly and manufacture of
hydraulic lifting equipment
- Engineering workshop project for
the rehabilitation and maintenance
of turbines for the production of
electric power
- Manufacturing Sandwich Panels
- A specialized workshop project to
carry out cleaning works of oil
storages
- Maintenance of the Eastern
Military Mechanics
- produce and assemble equipment
for transporting, injecting and
pumping compressed air and
liquid gas
- Maintenance workshop of the
Western military vehicles
- Manufacturing of water
magnetization equipment
- Barbed wire production line and
fences
- Project of manufacture and
shielding fixed and mobile
caravans
- Project of manufacturing of axial
irrigation systems
-
Partnership
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- Manufacturing of water meters
and valves
- Pump assembling project of all
kinds
- Water treatment plants project
- Production, assembly and
rehabilitation of oil and water
wells drilling equipment
- Construction of reservoirs of all
kinds
- Production of hydraulic presses
- Production of equipment for the
construction industries
State Co. for Steel
industries
- Heavy Steel project
- Free way project
- Closed way project
- Round way project
- Compound sections and
tributaries of bridges
- Production of air filters for power
plants
- Developing the production of
bridge cranes
- Development of traffic signs and
street furnishing supplies
- Project to develop the production
of towers and columns of electric
power transmission
- Project development of special
casting foundry
Rehabilitation and
Development
Rehabilitation and
Development
Rehabilitation and
Development
Rehabilitation and
Development
Partnership
Partnership
Partnership
Partnership
Partnership
Partnership
Al Zawra State Co. - Manufacture and assembly of
mobile secondary stations
- Manufacture and assembly of
fixed secondary stations
- Manufacture and assembly of
smart electronic meters both
domestic and industrial
- Measuring boxes project
- Project of the production of links
connecting the ends of the cables
-
Manufacture of pumps
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- Project of rehabilitation and
assembly of high voltage motors
- Plastic seals and mechanical
works
- Project of production of healthy
drinking water with different
capacities and drinking water
inlaid
- Solar Power Generation Project
- Manufacture of pumps
- Boxes stations assembly and
manufacture
- Medium voltage assembly
systems assembly
- Programming and control systems
- Electric transformers assembly
Ibn Majid Co. - Rehabilitation of the company Rehabilitation and
Development
State Company for
Cement (3)
- Najef Cement Factory
- Kufa paper bags factory
- Badoosh paper bags factory
Rehabilitation and
Development
State Company for
Fertilizer Industry/
Southern (2)
- New factory near Khor Al Zubair
Fertilizer factory
- New factory near Abo Al
Khaseeb Fertilizer factory
Rehabilitation and
Development
State Company for
Phosphate
- State company factory Rehabilitation and
Development
State Co. for
designing and
implementing
projects (3)
- Vertical housing units
- Ready mixed concrete factory
- Precast concrete factory
Partnership
State Co. for
Automobile and
equipment
- Rehabilitation and development
of the foundry for the production
of 6000 tons pure lead after the
recycling of consumed batteries
Rehabilitation and
Development
State Company for
Engineering
Inspection and
Qualification
- Checking and rehabilitating
electrical stations (capacity &
distribution) with complete line
for all types of transformers.
Partnership
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- On site labs to test, rehabilitate
and provide solar cell power and
RO water in the damaged
liberated areas.
- Establishing specialized centers
and laboratories in Baghdad, other
governorates and border crossings
- Laboratory for performance
systems for munitions, weapons,
inspection techniques and
shooting fields
- integrated workshops or factory
for the production of medals
- In the field of technology transfer
for the purpose of rehabilitation,
design, installation and operation
of different types of production
lines and molds and the
preparation of the technological
pathways for each product and
identify defects in each product
for all sectors (public, mixed,
private)
- Establishment of an integrated
laboratory to calibrate all types of
devices (medical, radiological)
with the guarantee of reliability
certificates and authorization for
employees
- Fire fighting and early warning
systems, as well as surveillance
cameras and motion sensors
related to safety systems and
using non-harmful types of gases
- Production, construction,
installation, rehabilitation and
dismantling of elevators and
escalators for people and goods in
addition to smart parking areas
- Establishment of a national
system for the platform project
(Ref)
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- GPS Systems
- GIS systems
- Construction of specialized
laboratories to check the imported
electrical and electronic
equipment received through our
border ports (land, sea and air)
State Co. for
Mishraq Sulfur
- Rehabilitation of granular sulfur
production line
- Establishment of alum production
plant from raw materials
Rehabilitation and
Development
partnership
18 State Co. for leather
and textiles
industries
- Cotton Factory
- Packing and wrapping factory
- Bed mattress and cotton beddings
- Wool factory
- Al Taji factory
- Yarn factory
- Al Fatih Factory
- Leather factory
- Production line for leather
leftovers
- Production line for PU
- Packing production line
- Bags production line
- Ready Made Garments Factory in
Mousil
- Bartla Sewing Factory
- Towels production line
- Textile Factory in Hilla
- Yarns factory
- Al Dewaniya Textiles Factory
- Military textiles production line
- Wasit sewing factory
- Rehabilitation of completion dept.
- Al Qasir line project
- Nasriya textiles
- Carpets production line
Rehabilitation and
Development
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Investment opportunities presented for investment
First: Phosphate Deposits projects
1. The extraction and mining of phosphate deposits and phosphoric acid / Anbar
province - Wadi Sawab.
2. The extraction and mining of phosphate deposits for the production of phosphate
fertilizers and phosphoric acid / Anbar province - Wadi al-Harri
Second: Pure Sulfur projects
1. The pure sulfur mining and extraction project in Mashraq Field 2 / Nineveh
province
2. The pure Sulfur Extraction and Mining Project in Mashraq Field 3 / Nineveh
Governorate
3. The pure Sulfur Extraction and Mining Project in Lizka field / Nineveh province
Third: Cement projects
1. Cement Plant Project / Nineveh province
2. Cement Plant Project / Anbar province
3. Cement Plant Project / Najaf province
4. Cement Plant Project / Wasit province
5. Cement Plant Project / Muthanna province
6. Cement Plant Project / Karbala province
7. Cement Plant Project / Diwaniyah province
Fourth: Silica Sands project
1. Glass and molding factory / Anbar province
2. Thermo stone production factory / Anbar province
3. Silicon industries production factory / Anbar province
4. Colored glass production factory / Najaf province
5. Feldspar ore production for ceramic, glass and other products/ Najaf province
Fifth: Mud
1. Alumina and klinker production from Kaolin muds/ Anbar province
2. red brick tiles of colored muds/ Anbar province
3. bricks from old muds project/ Wasit, Kirkuk, Diyala
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Sixth: Carbonate and sulfate projects
1. Sodium carbonate plant for the manufacture of glass, detergents and paper pulp /
Anbar province
2. Sodium carbonate plant for the manufacture of glass, detergents and paper pulp /
Muthanna province
3. Calcium carbonate deposits for the manufacture of dyes, medicines and rubber and
filling material in paper industry / Anbar province
4. Sodium sulfate for detergent industry and others/ Saladin province
Seventh: Magnesium thermal block
1. Magnesium thermal block project from Dlomaitic rocks/ Al Muthana province
2. Magnesium block project from Dlomaitic rocks/ Anbar province
Eighth: Gypsum construction materials / Anbar, Nineveh, Wasit, Saladin
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Available Investment Opportunities Announced by Provinces
Investment Commission in Industrial Sector
No Project name Suggested Industries Land allocated for
the project
Location
1 Industrial Zone Electric & Mechanic
factories
93 dunem/ Tikrit
center
Saladin
2 Garbage recycling - 16 dunem part of plot
10/m5 Shesheen
Saladin
3 Wheat Mill - 2 dunem plot
162/1220
Saladin
4 Vegetable oil 200 dunem Kut 15/3,
18/12, 3/3 Al
AlKawiya
Wasit
5 Dairy products - Al Aziziya/ according
to project need
Wasit
6 Industrial Zone - 1600 dunem/ Jassan
district
Wasit
7 Cement factory - Badra district
according to project
need /
Wasit
8 Dates pressing &
Canning
- Al Aziziya & Swaira/
according to project
need
Wasit
9 Chemical Fertilizers - Badra district
according to project
need /
Wasit
10 Hiteen company/
industrial location
Transformation &
Assembling industries
6000 dunem/ Al
Eskandariya district
Babylon
11 Food industry city Food industries
(canning, Dates
processing, oils)
146 dunem/
Mahaweel
Babylon
12 Construction
Industries city
Concrete, Iron plates,
electric boards
320 dunem/ Imam
district
Babylon
13 Abo Smeech
Industrial city
Heavy and transformed
industry
2600 dunem/ Al Kifl Babylon
14 Sodium Carbonates - 50 dunem Al Muthana
15 Cement paper bags - 50 dunem Al Muthana
16 Dairy products - 25 dunem Al Muthana
17 Vegetable oil - 20 dunem Al Muthana
18 Detergents production - 20 dunem Al Muthana
19 Multipurpose
industrial zone
Small & medium
industries
4000 dunem Al Muthana
20 Sodium Chloride Al Muthana
21 White cement Al Muthana
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22 Garbage isolate,
recycle
Al Muthana
23 Industrial zone Various industrial
activities
100 dunem Thi Qar
24 Insulation boards Insulation boards for
constructions
20 dunem Thi Qar
25 Steel & Iron Complete factory 212 dunem Thi Qar
26 Ready mixed concrete
plant
Concrete blocks 3 dunem Thi Qar
27 Heavy equipment
assembly
Modern assembly
factory
4 dunem Thi Qar
28 Chemical industries detergents 1 dunem Thi Qar
29 Recycling collect, isolate, recycle 10 dunem Thi Qar
30 Diary and mineral
water
Complete modern
factory
20 dunem Thi Qar
31 Food factories, light
industries,
construction factories
- 125 hectare (1ha) =
10,000m²
Maysan
32 Recycling factories 500 ton/day 20 dunem Maysan
33 Industrial zone 120 factory 4000 dunem Maysan
34 Industrial project Part of plot 32 district
43/ north Arkely
7 dunem 2000m² Basra
35 Industrial project Part of plot 32 district
43/ north Arkely
20 dunem Basra
36 Industrial project Part of plot 32 district
43/ north Arkely
4 dunem for each
factory
Basra
37 Industrial project Part of plot 32 district
43/ north Arkely
7 dunem 1750m² Basra
38 Industrial project Part of plot 32 district
43/ north Arkely
6 dunem 1250m² Basra
39 Industrial project Part of plot 32 district
43/ north Arkely
5 dunem 1250m² Basra
40 Industrial project Part of plot 32 district
43/ north Arkely
8 dunem Basra
41 Industrial project Part of plot 32 district
43/ north Arkely
1 dunem to each site Basra
42 Industrial project Part of plot 32 district
43/ north Arkely
5 dunem 700m²
(divided to several
sites)
Basra
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43 Industrial project Part of plot 32 district
43/ north Arkely
2 dunem 1000m² Basra
44 Industrial project Part of plot 1/7 district
56 south Arkely
40 dunem Basra
45 Industrial project Part of plot 1/7 district
56 south Arkely
22 dunem Basra
46 Industrial project Part of plot 1/7 district
56 south Arkely
30 dunem Basra
47 Industrial project Part of plot 1/7 district
56 south Arkely
66 dunem Basra
48 Industrial project Part of plot 1/7 district
56 south Arkely
17 dunem Basra
49 Industrial project Part of plot 1/7 district
56 south Arkely
24 dunem Basra
50 Industrial project Part of plot 1/7 district
56 south Arkely
30 dunem Basra
51 Industrial project Part of plot 1/7 district
56 south Arkely
15 dunem Basra
52 Industrial project Part of plot 1/7 district
56 south Arkely
27 dunem Basra
53 Industrial project Part of plot 1/2- district
62 Al Sabkh lands (salt
lands)
4 dunem to each plant Basra
54 Limestone Cement and marble
alternatives
White valley 75km S.
west Ramadi
Anbar
55 Limestone Cement and marble
alternatives
Ghadaf valley (1)
90km S. west Ramadi
Anbar
56 Limestone Cement and marble
alternatives
Ghadaf valley (2)
100km S. west
Ramadi
Anbar
57 Limestone Cement and marble
alternatives
H3 70km west of
Rutba
Anbar
58 Limestone Cement and marble
alternatives
Wadi Sawab 90km
north of Rutba- near
Ukashat Mines
Anbar
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59 Cement mud Different types of
cement
Fuj valley
60kmS.west Al
Ukhadher
Anbar
60 Cement mud Different types of
cement
Ain Al Zerka 110km
S. west Al Ukhadher
Anbar
61 Cement mud Different types of
cement
Ghadaf valley 70km
S. west Ramadi
Anbar
62 Cement mud Different types of
cement
Jabha 35-30 km west
of Ramadi
Anbar
63 Cement mud Different types of
cement
Makir Al Dheeb 60km
S. west Al Qaim
Anbar
64 Cement mud Different types of
cement
34km west Kabeesa
Al Jaif valley
Anbar
65 Cement mud Different types of
cement
Al buhaira 65km west
Kabeesa
Anbar
66 Cement mud Different types of
cement
Zankora 10km west of
Ramadi Anbar
67 AL4 Kaolin Si4 O Kaolin mud, red,
purple, yellow, white,
iron, 3%, aluminum
oxide, 20-30%
Kara 60km north of
Rutba Samhat- Malsi
Nejeli
Anbar
68 Kaolin mud Colored - red violet
white and mixed colors
with iron less than 3%
aluminum oxide more
than 40%
N. east Al Husainiya
and S. west Al
Husainiyat
Anbar
69 Kaolin mud COLORED Amij 70km east of
Rutba (5km) north of
the highway
Anbar
70 Gypsum Multiple layers Millan valley (5-
10)km north of Rawa
Anbar
71 Gypsum High purity 35km east of Haditha
Anbar
72 Phosphate Medium grade
phosphate rock
90 km north of the
Rutba between Wadi
Al-Harri and Wadi
Suab
Anbar
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73 Silica Sands Glass, Ceramic, thermo,
molding, solar energy
cells, acid cover for
metal melting, silicon
components
West of Tayara valley,
north Tayara valley,
south AlSoufy valley,
Abeeran valley, Amij
valley east Rutba-
K160- K180
Anbar
74 Bentonite mud Bentonite Industry
Activated by Na2Co3
Used in Drilling Oil
Wells - Pillars and
Bridges - Purifying
Vegetable Oils -
Paraffin Wax
Purification
H3 Ukashat to the
south
Anbar
75 Heavy sands Important Heavy
Metals - Zirconia -
Tourmaline - Monazite
is a source of Thornium
ronile and a source of
titanium
Amij valley Anbar
76 Deposit iron Salt resistant cement Kaara Hussainiyat Anbar
77 Limonic rocks Cement- glass- sugar
paper
Ubaida valley Ghadaf
valley (1) H3 Ghadaf
valley (2)
Anbar
78 Flint mud White cement – thermo Rawasib Al Khasafat
north Al Hussainiyat
Anbar
79 Porcelains Light concrete
purification of building
oils and food - sulfur
Dukma- Ukashat Anbar
80 Lime stone Cement and marble
alternatives
White valley 75 km S.
west Ramadi
Anbar
81 Phosphate Fertilizer
Plant
The industrial city 70
km west of the city of
Ramadi / 80 dunums
Anbar
82 Production of nitrogen
fertilizers
The industrial city 35
km west of the city of
Ramadi / 10 dunums
Anbar
83 Portland cement
factory
Industrial zone in
Heet city/ 40 dunums
Anbar
84 Salt resistant cement
production plant
Industrial zone in
Heet city/ 40 dunums
Anbar
85 Production of Crystal
glassware
The industrial city 30
km west of the city of
Ramadi / 1 dunums
Anbar
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86 Phosphoric Acid
Production Plant
(H3po4)
Sulfuric acid (H2so4)
The industrial city 70
km west of the city of
Ramadi / 20 dunums
Anbar
87 Production of float
glass panels
Estimated cost $75 m 30km west of Ramadi
50 dunums
Anbar
88 brick Factory and
stone paneling for
facades
Industrial zone in
Heet city/ 20 dunums
Anbar
89 Alumina Production
Project
Smelter Grade
70km west of Ramadi
10 dunums
Anbar
90 Ceramic Plates &
Home Hygiene
35km west of Ramadi
10 dunums
Anbar
91 Project of production
of ceramic electrical
insulators
35km west of Ramadi
10 dunums
Anbar
92 Veroslonic factory Industrial zone in
Heet city/ 10 dunums
Anbar
93 Recycling project Ramadi m36 plot
1/5115 Jerayshi /25
dunums
Anbar
94 Iron waste Collection
and Fusion Project
Industrial zone in
Heet city/ 40 dunums
Anbar
95 Mud wash factory Industrial zone in
Heet city/ 25 dunums
Anbar
96 Industrial zone (B) in
Aanna
Aanna/ 1568 dunume Anbar
97 Industrial zone (A) in
km 70 in Ramadi
Ramadi-
Muhamadiyat near
Abo AlJeer plot 83m
47 Haswat Al
Shamiya/ 2000
dumuns
Anbar
98 Industrial zone (A &
B) in Heet
Heet plot 390/460 m6
Haswat Al Shamiya/
600 dumuns
Anbar
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99 Production of artistic
plaster
Rawa village- land not
allocated yet/ 50
dunums
Anbar
100 Logistic village/
industrial zone in km
35
Ramadi – industrial
zone in km 35 west of
Ramadi/ area
according to project
need
Anbar
101 Rehabilitation and
operating Faluja white
cement factory
FAluja- 2km easr
Faluja/ 256 dunums
Anbar
102 Rehabilitation and
operation of high
alumina thermal
bricks production
plant
Falluja - near Falluja
cement plant / area
according to need of
the project
Anbar
103 Ceramic wall tiles
factory
Ramadi- Tammem
(Ceramic St.)
Anbar
104 Foam Concrete
Factory
Manufacture of foam
concrete
Production capacity:
500 m3 / day
Estimated cost / $ 5
million
Saqlawiya 10 dunums Anbar
105 Medication factory Industrial 46.5 dunum Najaf
106 Vegetable oil Industrial 80 dunum Najaf
107 Paper bags and
various packing
materials
Industrial 30 dunum Najaf
108 Cement factory Industrial 462 dunum Najaf
109 Cement factory Industrial 480 dunum Najaf
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Investment opportunities announced by the Ministry of Sciences and
Technology
No. Opportunity Type of investment
1 Additives to special type of dyes Partnership investment
2 Organic fertilizers Partnership investment
3 Phosphate fertilizers Sell Technology
4 Plants vital fertilizers Partnership investment
5 Liquid fertilizers Partnership investment
6 Liquid sugar and dates syrup Sell Technology
7 Fish feed Partnership investment
8 Stimulation for natural growth of the poultry Partnership investment
9 quantitative production units of bio-pesticides Partnership investment
10 Dialysis water system manufacturing Partnership investment
11 Sewage and industry treatment system
manufacturing
Partnership investment
12 Controlled light multipurpose plains
manufacturing
Partnership investment
13 friendly -Environment trash bags Partnership investment
14 friendly –Environment water bottles Partnership investment
15 Production, design, assembling and connecting
of Solar energy system to supply electricity for
labs devices and internal lightning
Partnership investment
16 Irrigation systems using solar energy Partnership investment
17 Production, design, implementation of Solar
energy system to heat waters for all industrial
and services sites
Partnership investment
18 Polymer additives to improve the quality of
asphalt
Partnership investment
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19 Produce building items out of unconventional
materials
Partnership investment
20 improved Concrete foam production Partnership investment
21 Treatment and destruction of biological waste
station
Partnership investment
22 Treatment and destruction of chemical waste
station
Partnership investment
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research letter no.239 in 21/1/2018,
all details and feasible studies for all project are available at the ministry
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8- Tourism Sector:
Iraq's cultural, religious and natural
environment is regarded as an
attracting factor for investors and
visitors since it is a country of ancient
civilization, international archeological
sites and sacred religious sites in
addition to the outstanding natural sites
in the northern parts of Iraq.
There is a plan prepared by the
government to develop and expand
transport infrastructure to serve the
largest number of tourists.
Tourism is regarded as an important
factor of the economic and social
development factors in the various
countries and it represents a main
resource of the national income
resources which provide job
opportunities through its different
projects and activities, accordingly; the government has been serious to lay
down plans to invest the country's cultural and tourism components. The big
changes that Iraq witnessed in all its economic and social sides have motivated
the state to adopt active policies and programs to draw the development
advancement features, the diversification and social mergers basement with
putting investment plans for the coming years aiming at laying the foundations
for an investment environment to improve the economic and cultural status
supporting the Iraqi economic pillars and reinforcing the social security.
Ministry of Tourism and Archeology is considered as the Iraqi governmental
side responsible for developing and sustaining the tourists sites in Iraq through
developing required infrastructure and maintaining its genuineness and impact
whereas this includes rehabilitating, maintaining and reviving specified sites,
contracting with archeological establishments and holding official teaching and
training programs.
There are lots of opportunities to invest and rehabilitate tourists' sites all over
the country.
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Available Investment Opportunities in Tourism Sector
no Project name Allocated land/
dunum
Province
1 Grand dam site 364 Diyala
2 Babylon Hotel 12- 16 ulk Babylon
3 Mousil Hotel land 20- 24 ulk Nineveh
4 Nineveh Hotel 22- 18 ulk Nineveh
5 Sawah Lake 60 Al-Muthana
6 Luna park 10 Al-Muthana
7 Najaf hotel land 19- 24 ulk Najaf
8 Al Salam hotel land 11- 13 ulk Najaf
9 Ain Tamr Spa 5-45 ulk Karbala
10 Novotel Marbid hotel 7-20ulk Basrah
11 Safwan motel 7-20ulk Basrah
12 Al Nikhaib motel 1500m² Anbar
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Available Investment Opportunities in Tourism Sector
In the Provinces
No. Project Location Allocated Land/
dunam
Province
1 Hotel Tikrit City Center 16 Saladin
2 Tourism project on the Tigress
banks
Tikrit City Center 30 Saladin
3 Tourism City Tikrit City Center 40 Saladin
4 Tourism location Tikrit City Center 35 Saladin
5 Luna park Tikrit City Center 48 Saladin
6 Luna park Jalawlaa 111/15/34 Koshek 10 Diyala
7 Luna park 1334/ Al Uroba 8 Diyala
8 Luna park 23/899/27 Al Rakaa/ Al
Muqdadya
26 Diyala
9 Tourist city Aziziya 1/188/m19 5 Wasit
10 Luna park and parks 2/8895/m29 Damook/ Kut
center
1 Wasit
11 Casino & Rest 1/648 Azizya 4 Wasit
12 Luna park 12/13 Al Hay 19 Wasit
13 Damlaj marshes Between Wasit and Dewaniya Wide areas Wasit
14 Luna park and parks 11/918 Jassan 6 Wasit
15 Hotel Trade center plot 28/13625 Holy Najaf
16 Hotel Trade center plot 27/13625 Holy Najaf
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17 5 stars hotel Plot 1 m1 Najaf sea 25 Holy Najaf
18 Hotel and indoors pool Al Salam Q. 11 Holy Najaf
Suggested project Location Area Cost Notes
5 stars hotel within BIAP
area
Baghdad/
Baghdad
International
Airport/ plot
9/10 district 17
Swaib
15000 m² 5 million USD Private property
According to MoT letter 34341 in 4/12/2018
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10. Education Sector
Sustainable development concept is always at the forefront of the international
community interests, and since people has always occupied the first priority among
the sustainable development factors, international world gave more importance to
paying strong attention to develop the mental abilities and learning opportunities for
human beings making education a human right for each individual in the society
guaranteed by all international laws. The education standards in any country are seen
as a measure for its advancement and development. In Iraq; laws guarantee the
opportunity of obtaining good education for all Iraqis. Education is still one of the greatest concerns of countries and despite the big progress
in the primary education and the increase in the numbers of pupils joining schools and
anti- illiteracy movements, big efforts are still being made increasingly to improve
education quality by the government and it is still a big challenge for the developing
countries including Iraq to keep pace with the intellectual advancement and skill
development starting from pre school s to high school levels.
Iraq is one of the most important countries that gave special attention to education
system since the mid twentieth century, as it owns many reliable universities which
are listed among the best ones in the Arab region. Iraqi universities were established
in the beginning of the second half of the twentieth century starting with Baghdad
University in 1957, Mustansyriah University 1963, whereas other universities were
established after 1980 like University of Technology, Basra University, Mosul
University, Sulaimanyah University in addition to a number of technical institutes.
Iraq is in need for many educational institutions to meet the increasing demand as a
result of population growth, the reality that provides investors with great opportunities
to invest in this sector.
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Available Investment Opportunities at Education Sector
no Public education
office
Plot no. Area
dunum- ulk
Belong to Type of estate
1 Baghdad/ Karkh 1 1 /6169 m 12
Fakhriya
1-20 Municipality Primary school
2 21 /4499 m
10Hoor Al
Pasha
1-17 Municipality School
3 5198/1 m12
Fakhriya
1-13 Municipality Primary school
4 5196/1 m 12
Fakhriya
2-11 Municipality Primary school
5 5194/1 m 12
Fakhriya
2-13 Municipality High school
6 Baghdad/ Karkh 2 34 /275 m 18
Northern
Harkawi
1-5 Al Boor Pre school
7 Baghdad/ Karkh 3 222 /1 m 14
Abar Al
Yasary
1 Ministry of
Education
Agriculture
8 14656 /1 m 7
Al Boor
1-22 Municipality Pre school
9 5180 /1 m 7 Al
Boor
1.5 Municipality Pre school
10 14646 /1 m 7
Al Boor
2 Municipality Primary school
11 5148 /1 m 7 Al
Boor
1.5 Municipality plot
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12 5200 /1 m 7 Al
Boor
2 Municipality school
13 1386 /147
Hudna
3-23 Baghdad
Municipality
Primary school
14 14581 /1 m 7
Al Boor
3-6 Municipality Primary school
15 14648 /1 m 7
Al Boor
2-20 Municipality Primary school
16 192 /12 m 21
Al Salam
1-11 Baghdad
Municipality
High school
17 5166 /1 m 7 Al
Boor
2 Municipality School
18 3 /665 m 26
Abo Al Jedayl
1 Baghdad
Municipality
School
19 Baghdad/ Rusafa 1 6 /30950 m 10
Husainya
4-16 Municipality Primary school
20 10 /1370 m 10
Husainya
1-13 Municipality Plot
21 6 /19922 m 10
Husainya
1-6-98m² Municipality plot
22 Baghdad/ Rusafa 2 4 /1616 m 19
Shamiya &
Garaa
2-1 Baghdad
Municipality
High School
23 2 /1971 m 5 Al
Safi
3-16 Municipality School
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24 Kirkuk 49/429 kh. T
54
1-2 Municipality Pre school
25 35 /6 m 5 Hawi
&Sijil6-19
266 Ministry of
Education
Agriculture
26 2289/56 m 15
Humr
6-19 Municipality school
27 56 /1552 m 15
Humr
3-1 Municipality School
28 7 /37 m 14
Baja
2-10 Municipality School
29 Diyala 6 /584 m 8 Haj
Qara
2-23 Ministry of
Finance
School
30 225 /2734 m 8
Awsaj Valley
2-14 Municipality Primary school
31 17 m 41 Fadam
Marrof
3-14 Ministry of
Finance
32 1 /161 m 6
Sadiya
2 dunum for
MoE
Ministry of
Finance
33 5 /693 m 6
Sadiya
1-20 Municipality Pre school
34 26 /635 m 6
Sadiya
1-20 Municipality plot
35 1 /494 m 19
Sanajra
3-1 Municipality plot
36 2 /1974 m 1
Sati
2-1 Ministry of
Finance
Primary school
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37 58 /928 m 17
Imam Abdul
Rahman
2 Municipality School
38 1 /2023 m 57
Aliyat
2-12 Municipality Plot
39 1 /719 m3 2.5 Municipality Plot
40 5 /1557 m 8
Kinaan
1-5 Municipality plot
41 Dewaniya 40 m8 Al
Bdair
45-22 Ministry of
Finance
Agriculture
42 49 m8 Al
Bdair
198- 13 Ministry of
Finance
Agriculture
43 1/363 m 11 Al
Ramla
2 dunum from
total area
Ministry of
Finance
44 Wasit 1838 /2 m 45
Um Hilana
30 ulk Municipality plot
45 1836 /2 m 45
Um Hilana
24 ulk Municipality plot
46 3392 /1 m 45
Um Hilana
24 ulk Municipality plot
47 7190 /2 m 29
Damook
5.5 Municipality Kindergarten
& pre-school
48 411 /11 m 28
Rumaila&
Dubiya
36 ulk Municipality pre-school
49 5778 /2 m 29
Damook
1 Municipality pre-school
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50 8744 /2 m 38
Khjiya
1-15 Municipality plot
51 8746 /2 m 38
Khjiya
14 ulk 78.5 m² Municipality pre-school
52 8743/2 m 38
Khjiya
3-6 Municipality School
53 2/5098 m 38
Khjiya
2.5 Municipality plot
54 2/7788 m 38
Khjiya
1-7 Municipality plot
55 11408 /2 m 44
Safha
2.5 Municipality plot
56 11409 /2 m 44
Safha
2.5 Municipality plot
57 11405 /2 m 44
Safha
2.5 Municipality plot
58 7403 /2 m 44
Safha
2.5 Municipality plot
59 11406 /2 m 44
Safha
3.5 Municipality plot
60 11402/2 m 44
Safha
2.5 Municipality plot
61 1501 /13 m 17
Talata
3-10 Municipality School
62 3/2529 m 26
Husainiya
1-11 Municipality Pre-school
63 1 /4863 m 12 4 Municipality plot
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Ghrebawiya
64 11399 /2 m 44
Safha
2.5 Municipality plot
65 1 /1549 m 14
Dairiya
2 Municipality plot
66 5 /1166 m 9
Sgetat
1-12 Municipality Pre-school
67 2652 /5 m9
Sgetat
3-2 Municipality Intermediate
school
68 1 /438 m 15
Sulimaniya
1-5 Municipality Plot
69 13 /1502 m 17
Talata
4-7 Municipality School
70 13 /1504 m 17
Talata
1-19 Municipality Pre-school
71 Babylon 36 /1159 m 10
Wardiya
1-23 Municipality Primary school
72 24 /17570 m
11 Waisiya
2 Municipality Primary school
73 66 /459 m 13
Husainiya
1-3 Municipality Plot/
Pre-school
74 37 /285 m 10
Wardiya
1-4 Municipality Intermediate
school
75 24 /11204 m
11 Waisiya
3-14 Municipality Primary school
76 23 /4200 m 11
Waisiya
88 ulk Municipality Plot
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77 4 /1926 m 7
Mhaizm
2-8 Municipality Pre-school
78 1 /447 m 45
Shahabiya
3 Municipality
79 1 /6751 m 36
Jazera
2-5 Municipality Primary school
80 Holy Karbala 35144 /3 m 61
Jazera
2-15 Ministry of
Education
Primary school
81 14268 /3 m 61
Jazera
4-15 Ministry of
Education
Intermediate
school
82 25170 /3 m 61
Jazera
2-7 Ministry of
Education
Primary school
83 33467 /3 m 61
Jazera
2.5 Ministry of
Education
Primary school
84 65 /20 m 42
Bayash
1-11 Ministry of
Education
School
85 884 /50 m 23
Jazera
5 Ministry of
Education
Plot
86 57 /11 m 33
Kakaiya
1 Allocated for
a school
87 19688 /1 m 21
Haidariya
1-10 Municipality School
88 6847 /1 m 21
Haidariya
1-6 Municipality Plot
89 54704 /3 m 61
Jazera
1 Municipality School
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90 Holy Najaf 17130 /3 m 4
Najaf Jazera
2-21 Municipality Intermediate
school
91 17126 /3 m 4
Najaf Jazera
2-1 Municipality plot
92 85036 /3 m 4
Najaf Jazera
2-7 Municipality school
93 29038 /3 m 4
Najaf Jazera
2-10 Municipality Primary school
94 18783 /3 m 4
Najaf Jazera
2-10 60m² Municipality Primary school
95 35060 /3 m 4
Najaf Jazera
2-15 Municipality Primary school
96 1059 /116 m 6 2-21 Municipality Primary school
97 3240 /116 m 6 4-17 Municipality Primary school
98 2355 /116 m 6 7-2 Municipality High school
99 1052 /166 m 6 5-1 Municipality Primary school
100 2356 /116 m 6 2-1 Municipality Public services
101 3244 /116 m 6 1-24 Municipality Plot
102 2365 /116 m
6
2-17 Municipality Public services
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Available Investment Opportunities at Higher Education Sector
no University name Investment opportunity Province
1 Anbar University 1. Solar cell project 2. Educational hospital in the
university location 3. Diary factory in Agriculture
collage 4. Consulting clinics in the medical
block 5. Pure water factory/ Science
Collage 6. Olympic pool 7. Central labs for construction 8. Green houses for medical herbs
and vegetables 9. Medication and medical supplies
factory 10. Plastic pipes factory 11. Dates canning factory 12. Animal feed factory 13. Hydrogen peroxide O2 (250)
cylinder a day 14. Electronic microscope and
research centers 15. Planetarium 16. Medical injection and intravenous
liquids 17. Paper factory and paper recycle
Anbar
2 Holy Karbala
university
1. Club & services center for students residence
2. Rehabilitation project for the Economy Collage structures to be used for services and entertainment
3. Pool facility in the Sport Collage
Holy Karbala
3 Kufa University 1. Nursing ward 2. Medication factory 3. Manufacturing, producing,
assembling and developing computer technology, education and software
4. research and educational Laboratory and production of various types of feed
5. Research laboratory, educational and production of milk and foodstuff
Holy Najaf
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4 Thi Qar University 1. Olympic swimming pool with full
specifications
2. Cattle station for the production of
milk with milk plant and its
derivatives
3. Establishing a typical student club
4. Establishing an educational
hospital
5. car garage in front of the university
city gate
6. Construct a closed gymnasium
Thi Qar
5 Maysan University 1. football field with a field track
2. indoors swimming pool and its
facilities with a dressing room and
bathrooms
3. Investment (1200) acres Alkhala
field
Maysan
6 Babylon University 1. Research center and laboratories of
the educational environment area of
1200 m 2
2. Educational swimming pool with
multi-purpose halls with an area of 5
dunums
3. The Central Student Club of the
University of Babylon with an area of
2000 m 2
4. Medical research center and
educational laboratories within the
compound of the Medical Collage
with an area of 1 dunum
Babylon
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Available Investment Opportunities at Education Sector according to
Provinces Investment Commissions
No. Investment
opportunity
Location Area in
dunem
Province
1 Technical University Province Center 100 Diyala
2 University town Province center 100 Thi Qar
3 Private university Province center 28 Thi Qar
4 Private university Al Shatra 10 Thi Qar
5 Private university Suoq Al Sheokh 7 Thi Qar
6 Educational project 828/6 Qibla 16 Basra
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11. Services Sector
Services provision is considered as one of the main factors for a successful investment
environment, so GOI has been serious to pay much attention to provide best services
as it plays an essential role to achieve productivity and social stability.
The Government of Iraq has always sought to ensure the provision of good services
and infrastructure and to display investment opportunities to the private sector with
circulating a number of successful policies and programs in this regard.
After the restriction to regional traditional markets, Iraq markets have witnessed a big
expansion with a shift in consumption, purchasing and entertainment patterns due to
opening investment doors in this vital sector and the orientation towards constructing
new commercial centers the matter that led to the large increase in the number of the
commercial malls in the last three years with more new ones that are still under
construction. Services sector participation in GPD is around 10% in fixed prices 2017.
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Available Investment Opportunities in Services Sector
First: State Company for Food Trade
No. Suggested Project Land no. Area Location Notes
1 Food canning and chilled
storage
1/406 district
27 hamamiat
20 dunem Baghdad/ Taji Northern part about 20
dunem of 98 dunem in
total next to the main
road of Baghdad-
Mousil less than 1 km
from schools and
health centers
2 Tea factory rehabilitation or
any other food materials
with marketing center
4/156 district
121 Salam
38 dunem Baghdad/
Debash
Factory stopped since
2003, it has production
lines, tea mixing and
canning
3 Rehabilitation meat
processing factory according
to international specification
or marketing center with
freezing warehouses
4/19
Fdhaliya
district 15
Part of
land,
Baghdad/
Mashtel
Within cargo and
transport dept.
4 serves project 24/14420
district 11
7 dunem
16 ulk
Babylon/ Al
Wasiya
Near the main road
Hilla/ Najaf . MoA
warehouses are left
there. 5 km from health
centers and schools
5 1) 50% of the area to be used
as warehouses / food
processing plant with
marketing center/ any
other project that can
serve the area.
2) 50% of the area as a
residential complex for
employees
47/12 district
8
130
dunem
Babylon/
Aliya and
Khmrawiya
2 km from the main
road Babylon/ Najaf,
10 km to the left of
Babylon University
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6 1) 50% of the area to be used
as warehouses (regular,
chilling, freezing)/
food/dairy processing
plant with marketing
center.
2) 50% of the area as a
residential complex for
employees
3) marketing center
83/28706
district 47
80 dunem Anbar/
Haswa/
Shamiya/Ram
adi
Plot outside the urban
boarders near the
highway with no
services and far from
markets and schools
7 Food canning plant(oil or
tomato paste) marketing
center or any project
23/24 district
6
25 dunem Muthana/
Abo Mahar/
Semawa
500m from the main
road Semawa- Nasriya
near our warehouses.
Within the served area
away from health
centers, schools and
markets.
8 1) 50% of the area as a
residential complex for
employees.
50% of the area to be used as
warehouses/ food/dairy
processing plant with
marketing center
9/108 district
36 Dhamin
river
40 dunem Wasit Plot is 500m from the
main road to the left of
Baghdad-Wasit check
point, no buildings.
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Second: State Company for Central Markets
No. Type Location Area in dunum
Province
Notes
1 Al Faw market building 2/3343- Al Fao 5 Basra Fao south of Iraq
2 Thi Qar market building
110/27740 Jezera 3.5 Thi Qar Nasriya city center
3 Maysan market building
27- Siria 2.5 Maysan Emara city center
4 Al Simawa plot 2/133 m7 AlSimawa gardens
2 Al Muthana
Unused plot in an excellent locating in city center
5 Al Najef market building
8/1507 Al Mishraq 3 Najaf In Najaf Province
6 Dewaniya market building
7/433- district 18 Sadr Al Yusfiya
2.5 Dewaniya
7 Karbala market building
25/86- 86 eastern Abasiya
1.5 Karbala City center
8 Babylon market building
2/85, 72/48 district 38 Mahdia and Akrad
1 Babylon City center. Hilla is a historical city which makes the market “very important commercial center”
9 Al Ramadi plot 1/1773 dis. 29 Tel Al Riaan & Al Keseer
2 Anbar Commercial site in city center
10 Tikrit market building+ warehouses
2/8429 dis. 7 10 Saladin Tikrit city
11 Khanaqeen Market building
3/19, 3/20 Dis 3 Al Hamediya Khan gardens
2.5 Diyala Khanaqeen city
12 Kirkuk market building 31/412 dis. 67 Bukler & Shaterlow
2 Kirkuk City center
13 Mosul market building 7/995 Dis. 41 2 Nineveh In the right side of the city in an important commercial location 14 Kirkuk plot 5/234 Dis. 39/ ninety 7 Kirkuk Located in a good locating in city center.
15 Kirkuk plot 5/235 Dis. 39/ ninety 10 Kirkuk Located in the city center.
State Company for Grain Trading construction of silos through investment on the land owned by the company in all of Iraq and the company is currently completing the approvals required from the concerned departments and is currently under completion of the procedures to announce the establishment of a metal silo capacity (60,000) tons in the province of Maysan on plot 12/9746 Dis 2 Maghraba Al-Amara village Al-Amara Road - Tayeb.
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Available Investment Opportunities in Services Sector according to
Provinces Investment Commissions
No. Project Location Area Province
1. Commercial complex 31/412 dis 67 2 Dunam Kirkuk
2. Commercial complex 285/453 2 Dunam Kirkuk
3. Commercial complex Plot 355/44/m39 1 Dunam Kirkuk
4. Commercial complex Plot 8/1/m 52/ outside the basic design of the Province
20 Dunam Kirkuk
5. Commercial complex Plot 1250/66 m Kehaya within the basic design of the Province
1200m² Kirkuk
6. Commercial complex 112/6 Baghdad road 10 dunam Kirkuk
7. Commercial complex 112/2329 m53 Temari 2 dunam Kirkuk
8. Commercial complex 114/15/22 breghish Al Gharnook/ Khalis
2100m² Diyala
9. Commercial complex 11/68/9 Sadiya 1515m² Diyala
10. Commercial complex 6/5345/8/Haj Qarra 20 ulk Diyala
11. Commercial complex Jalawlaa/225/2738/ Al Awsaj Valley
3 dunam Diyala
12. Commercial complex /26/831/Haj Qarra 1 dunam Diyala
13. Commercial complex Plot 275/30, 276/30, 277/30/Eastren of Shafta
880m² Diyala
14. Commercial complex Al-Muqdadiyah/plot.3/939/ 2 Dunam Diyala
15. Commercial complex 3/1232/5 east Baquba 2 dunam Diyala
16. Commercial complex 114/15 Al Khalis 2000 dunam Diyala
17. Commercial complex 11/68/6 Al Sadiya 1500 m² Diyala
18. Commercial complex Tikrit center 1 dunam Saladin
19. Load and unload goods Tikrit center 60 dunam Saladin
20. Commercial complex Tikrit center 95 dunam Saladin
21. Commercial complex 4/2114 m 18 Aziziya 1 Dunam Wasit
22. Commercial complex 15/42 Numaniya 16 Dunam Wasit
23. Commercial complex Swaira 104/717 1 Dunam Wasit
24. Commercial complex Kut/ khajiya 5/1952 2 Dunam Wasit
25. Commercial complex Kut center 2/7851 3 Dunam Wasit
26. Gas station Shehaimiya 2/2394 3 Dunam Wasit
27. Gas station Wasit village 1/202 3 Dunam Wasit
28. Gas station 2/1091 Deboni Aziziya 3 Dunam Wasit
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29. Gas station 6/20 Talata Aziziya 1 Dunam Wasit
30. Commercial complex Hilla center/ Jabaween 667 792m² Babylon
31. Commercial complex Project Jezera 36 plot 1/6997 1 dunem Babylon
32. Commercial center Hashmiya/ Shurfa 37/ 17/443 916m² Babylon
33. Motel Shomely/ Shakha 17- 10/2386 6 dunem Babylon
34. Commercial complex Plot Q80/64/m24 Al-Abassiyah 1,5 Dunam Holy Karbala
35. Commercial complex Karbala- Hussainiyah District- next to Imam 'Aoun Shrine Q 23/m13
8 Dunam Holy Karbala
36. Commercial complex Q 136/4/m51 Southern Sakhar 37 Dunam Holy Karbala
37. Commercial complex Karbala- Najaf road q3/m61 Jezera
15 Dunam Holy Karbala
38. Multi story garage 18503/2 Al Saad Q./ Najaf municipality
Holy Najaf
39. Commercial complex Plots 11852/2 &17171/2 m2 (MoY&S)
Holy Najaf
40. Commercial Complex Qadisiya / plot 210/5 Holy Najaf
41. Commercial Complex Al Najaf municipality 1/41/m15 Holy Najaf
42. Commercial Complex Al Najaf municipality 88023/3 Al Meelad
Holy Najaf
43. Commercial Complex Al Najaf municipality/ Al Manathira / 1/484 m3 Al khawarnaq
Holy Najaf
44. Commercial Complex Al Manathira 186/5 m3 Al Barakat
Holy Najaf
45. Commercial outlet and free zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
300 dunem Muthana
46. Commercial Complex 2/10862/m23 1 dunem Diwaniyah
47. Commercial Complex 2/14956/m23 1 dunem Diwaniyah
48. Commercial Complex Plot 25/2737 /m 5/Um Abassiyatt
10 dunem Diwaniyah
49. Commercial Complex 9/698/m3 Malaha 1 dunem Diwaniyah
50. Commercial Complex 1/745 Arab 1200m² Diwaniyah
51. Commercial Complex 25/2734 m5 um al abassiat/ al shafiya
8 dunem Diwaniyah
52. Luna park 13/1 m8 Aziz Alla / Al Hamza 38 dunem Diwaniyah
53. Luna park 34/416 m 15 Al Husain/ Neffer 6 dunem Diwaniyah
54. Commercial Complex 27/4/m13 Al Bedair 10 dunem Diwaniyah
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55. Commercial complex Province center 1.5 dunam Thi Qar
56. Commercial complex Province center 1350 m² Thi Qar
57. Commercial complex Nasriya Province center 580 dunam Thi Qar
58. Commercial Complex Al-Rifa'aei Town 1 Dunam Thi Qar
59. Automobile Exhibition Al-Rifa'aei Town 2 Dunam Thi Qar
60. Multi-Stories Garage Al-Shattrah Town 5 Dunam Thi Qar
61. Chilled warehouse Al Fajir 35 dunem Thi Qar
62. Commercial Complex 27 Al Sariya 1.3 dunem Maysan
63. Commercial Complex 1/500 m 39 Kut Franky 1 Dunam Basra
64. Commercial Complex 85/8 Manawy Basha 3.5 dunem Basra
65. Commercial complex Al-Ribatt Al-Saghir 261 2 dunem Basra
66. Commercial complex Hartha 3 dunem Basra
67. Commercial complex Mouafaqiya 1 dunem Basra
68. Commercial complex 1649/2374 2 dunem Basra
69. Commercial complex 2297/7 Maqam Ali 1000m² Basra
70. Commercial complex Tamemiya 317 3.5 dunem Basra
71. Commercial complex Tamemiya 83/191 1079m² Basra
72. Commercial complex 56.55 m 45 Maqal 2 dunem Basra
73. Commercial complex 7688/13 m 42 Toba& Nakheela 7 dunem Basra
74. Commercial complex 1/500m39 Kut Al Franky 1dunem Basra
75. Commercial complex 2/37 m 27 Akwat 597dunem Basra
76. Commercial complex Part of 4/291 m 17 Hadama 120 dunem Basra
77. Commercial complex 107/10 m 63 Dair 8 dunem Basra
78. Commercial complex Part of 65/130 m 24 Talaa Derja & Shahban
3 dunem Basra
79. Commercial complex 24/131 Talaa Derja & Shahban 1 dunem Basra
80. Commercial complex 3943/827 Qibla 2 dunem Basra
81. Multi story garage 810/1 Qibla 1 dunem Basra
82. Multi story garage 6/1113 Kut Multi story garage
Basra
83. Manart Heet commercial center in Jamiya Q.
Heet , 9/6806 m2 Dis 2 Muabadiyat & Hamadi
1.653m² Anbar
84. Commercial Markets Center / Heet
Heet , 9/1590 m2 Dis 2 Muabadiyat & Hamadi
1 dunem Anbar/ Heet
85. Commercial Center/ Rawa Plot 7/616 m 44 Rawa/ Deum Jibala valley
1.5 dunem Anbar/ Rawa
86. Commercial Center/ Rawa Plot 7/235 m 44 Rawa/ Deum Jibala valley
1.675m² Anbar/ Rawa
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87. Commercial complex/ Al Ubaidi 15/1599m8 Al Ubaidi 1.738m² Anbar/ Al Ubaidi
88. Commercial Center/ Rawa Plot 7/1415 m 44 Rawa/ Deum Jibala valley
3.873m² Anbar/ Rawa
89. Commercial markets/ Al Ubaidi 15/1707m8 Al Ubaidi- Al Qaim 1.817m² Anbar/ Al Ubaidi
90. Commercial Center Ramadi – old municipality garage
4.5 dunem Anbar/ Ramadi
91. Commercial Center Ramadi/ 149/857- 149/858- 149/859 m 28 Al Fursan Sq. Al Aziziya & Al Howz
10 dunem Anbar/ Ramadi
92. Commercial complex Ramadi - old garage 40 dunem Anbar/ Ramadi
93. Commercial complex Ramadi – 1/773 m 29 Tel Al Rian
4.236 m² Anbar/ State Co. for Central Markets
94. Complete Commercial complex Faluja 9/6756 m1 j.kh (the old Cinema)
121.756 m² Anbar/ Faluja
95. Commercial complex in Faluja Faluja- 1210 Al Haswa 4.300m² Anbar/ Faluja
96. Typical border ports including the (VIP) building, inspection laboratories and control, laboratory radiation , health laboratory, and service, communications and Internet, balance meters, inspection equipment, service offices , motel and hotel, restaurants and kiosks , inspection service (K9), stores, parking and waiting yards, stop stations, water desalination system, control and electronic gates, mosque , port HQ and the operating departments related to the port
Al Waleed- Traubeel- Al Qaim border crossing
Allocated land
Anbar / Border Crossing Authority
Investment opportunities sent by the Ministry of Higher Education and
Scientific Research
no Suggested project Area Province
1 Commercial complex with
garage
13.5 dunum Dewaniya
2 Commercial center 1 dunum Dewaniya
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research/ Governmental contracts 178 in
15/1/2018
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11. Youth and Sport Sector:
Youth and Sport Sector provides essential services for a successful investment
environment, therefore; the government keens to secure this sector to provide
services and care for youth since this sector has a great importance in
increasing productivity and achieving stability and welfare for youth.
The government has sought to provide services and infrastructure in addition to
providing investment opportunities for private sector to participate in
developing this vital sector. The government has launched several policies and
successful programs as Iraq's youth witnessed an intellectual expansion and a
real desire to develop sport.
Different investment areas has been launched in this sector especially with the
trend toward establishing new youth centers and forums which increased the
number of these centers significantly over the last three years noting that there
are several projects that are under implementation in this sector.
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Investment Opportunities of Youth and Sport Sector announced by
the Ministry of Youth and Sport
Province Area Location Project Name No
Baghdad/Russafa 8 dunem 15 ulk 6/3041 m 10 Husainiya Multipurpose yard for
youth and sport activities.
PC center, electronic
games, Gym hall, sauna,
massage, squash, billiard
1.
Baghdad/Russafa 4 dunem 22 ulk 1/12909 m9 Thalaba Play yard with spectators
seats and administration
part
2.
Baghdad/Russafa 8 ulk 17/663 m2 Zafaraniya Multistory project. balling
hall, billiard or PC center,
electronic games,
multipurpose indoors hall
or commercial complex
shops for sports supplies ,
3.
Baghdad/Russafa 3 dunem 2 ulk 3/10505 m14 Wazeriya
Ghazaliya
sport club 4.
Baghdad/Russafa 1/1064 m6 multipurpose indoors hall,
sports activities
5.
Baghdad/Russafa 1 dunem 15 ulk 6/4092 m19 Shamaia and
Karra
Taekwondo and sports
halls
6.
Baghdad/ Karkh 2.3 dunem Sabiyat 5/849m/22 multi-purpose hall (500)
spectators with a center for
intellectual games or
Internet center, three halls
with (A, B) number type
(k- span) with a center for
sports medicine to treat
sports injuries. Completing
the pool
7.
Baghdad/ Karkh 4 dunum 2ulk 1150/1 m 15 Latifiya Completing the pool
building
8.
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Baghdad/ Karkh 8 dunum 13 ulk 30/7 m 18 nothern
Harkawi
Completing the pool
building
9.
Baghdad/ Sadir City 8 dunem 4/67169m 4 Wazeriya Expansion, development,
management, operating
and maintenance of the
stadium and investment of
halls for sports purposes
(there is a lease contract)
10.
Baghdad/ Sadir City 13 dunem 4/28167 m 4 wazeriya. Management, operation
and maintenance – mall,
martial arts center, medical
center. Develop, manage,
operate and maintain the
closed hall. The hall can be
invested for events.
expansion, development,
roofing, pool management,
operation and
maintenance, and investing
the empty space for sports
purposes
11.
Baghdad/ Sadir City 2.5 dunem 4/25222m4 wazeriya. Expansion, development,
management and operation
of the swimming pool and
investing the empty space
for sports purposes
12.
Al Muthana 2 Dunam 4/100 m 5 Um AlTelool
& Jelaja
Using sports building to
residential units
13.
Al Muthana 3 Dunam 16 ulk 56/1289 m 19 Um Al
Asafeer
Sports investment (the
establishment of five-foot
tournaments, hand, plane,
basket, feather and racket)
use the arena close to the
sports arena in building
investment facility the
investor considers
appropriate and preferably
a sport facility
14.
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Al Muthana 5 dunem 16 ulk 56/1386 m 19 Um Al
Asafeer
Sports investment using
the coffee shop , electronic
library, sports halls, pool,
kids pool, indoors hall and
outdoors playgrounds
15.
Al Muthana 5 Dunam 2/1 m 5 Um AlTelool
&Jelaja
Youth club and sports
medical center
16.
Al Muthana 1 Dunam 2/1 m 5 Um AlTelool
&Jelaja
Multipurpose Sports
investment (youth house
near Semawa municipality)
17.
Al Muthana 6 Dunam Building no. 440 Invest the forum building,
playgrounds and pool
18.
Al Muthana 1 Dunam 4 ulk 18/523 m3 Swimming Pool
rehabilitation of the
building to be used as
sports shops.
19.
Al Muthana 2 Dunam 16 ulk
3 Dunam 12 ulk
70/4 m22 16/1 m22 Al
Amiya
Sports halls and facilities 20.
Holy Najaf 5 ulk 2/17172 Muthana St. Establish a model club - vertical construction and use the remaining land for the establishment of shops, clinics for sports medicine and restaurant
21.
Holy Najaf 14 dunem 10 ulk 17227/2 Model club on a small plot
with several floors.
establishment of multi-
purpose halls and the
exploitation of the
remaining land containing
recreational pools,
sophisticated games and
sport shops
22.
Holy Najaf 3 dunem 13 ulk 9094/3 establishment of multi-
purpose halls and the
exploitation of the
remaining land containing
recreational pools, Eden
Gardens sophisticated
games halls
23.
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Holy Najaf 1 dunem 17 ulk 2/17216 m Al Muthana Multipurpose hall 24.
Holy Najaf 60 dunem 72952 Investment of swimming
pools and exploitation of
the empty land for the
establishment of tourist
hotel and paradise of
Aden, multi-purpose halls
and tourist facilities.
25.
Holy Najaf 2 dunem 4 ulk 14509 Nadaf Multipurpose building with
pool and sauna halls
26.
Holy Najaf 2 dunem 6 ulk 2/17229 Constructing a closed
swimming pool,
multipurpose hall, shops
and any other facilities
27.
Holy Najaf 21 dunem 8 ulk 2498/2 Rehabilitation of stadium
and use the rest of the land
for sport facilities
28.
Holy Najaf 12 dunem 1/733 Rehabilitation of stadium
and use the rest of the land
for sport facilities
29.
Holy Najaf 9 ulk 5m² 6/113 Reconstruction of the club
, use the rest of the land for
sport facilities
30.
Holy Najaf 14 dunem
1000m²
19/1328 Rehabilitation of stadium
and use the rest of the land
for sport facilities
31.
Holy Najaf 1 dunem 5 ulk 6/40 m7 Al saheela Multipurpose hall , pool any other sport facility
32.
Babylon 350 Dunam 1/3 m 1 Abo Kaseeb Water city, Multipurpose
sport complex with pool,
heat and steam sauna, car
parking area, multipurpose
hall
33.
Babylon 11 Dunam 14
ulk
92/7 m 37 Al Shurfa &
Al Hashmiya
Al hashmiya stadium
(2500) spectators already
exist. Investment vision
seeks expansion,
development, operating
and invest the stadium with
the surrounding area
34.
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Babylon 2 Dunam 4 ulk 1179/1 m 13 Abo Sdera
center
Re-expand, develop,
operate and invest the
gymnasium which is one
of the completed projects
35.
Babylon 60*50 m² 224/24 m 30 Al Qasim
(Jotheriya)
Re-expand, develop,
operate and invest the
gymnasium which is one
of the completed projects
36.
Babylon 1 dunem 6 ulk
1 dunem 3 ulk
4/1424 m 30 Qadhiya
4/1425 m 30 Qaghiya
Scientific care forum 37.
Babylon 11 dunem 18 ulk
25m²
2 dunem 2 ulk
26.30m²
3 dunem 2 ulk
50m²
(part of plots)
128+126/1 m 14 south
Jumjuma + 112/1 m 19
north Jumjuma
Babylon Stadium 38.
Babylon 16 dunem 105/9 m 17 Jelawiya Al Musaiab stadium 39.
Babylon 7 dunem 10 ulk 1/1844 m 9 Al Yousfiya Abi Gharaq youth club 40.
Babylon 6 dunem 5/64 m9 Hour Husain Plot for spots activities 41.
Babylon 13 dunem 24 ulk 59 m 17 Al Shetkha & Al
Ouda
Al Shomely youth club 42.
Babylon 6 dunem 22 ulk 17/1156 m24 Zurfiya plot 43.
Babylon 12 dunem 21 ulk
3/6108 m 29 Mcrory Al-Hilla Sports Club, re-
expand, develop, operate
and invest the stadium
while utilizing the
remaining land for the
construction of a
recreational sports
complex consisting of
several floors to practice
various activities.
44.
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Babylon 7 dunem 5 ulk 26/1903 m/41 Rifiya and
Abo Kaseeb
Nile Sports Club (re -
expansion and
development of the
stadium and the
establishment of an indoor
swimming pool
45.
Babylon 14 dunem 1/5 m /22 Krood Al
Mhanawiya
Al Sadda Sports Club
(establishment of a
permanent recreational
camp integrated to host the
International Scouts and
used as youth hostels at
other times or the
establishment of a water
city and multi-storey
building)
46.
Babylon 1 dunem 9 ulk
1 dunem 6 ulk
1297/6 m/4 Al Debal
6/545
Al Mithatiya sport club 47.
Diyala 20 dunem 10/3/ m 27 Al Rakaa Investment of stadium for
football championships
and shops for sports
equipment
48.
Diyala 2.5 dunem 15/1164 m6 Hibhib Investment of stadium for
football championships
and shops for sports
equipment
49.
Diyala 8 dunem 12 ulk 9/339 m2 Buhruz Investment of stadium for
football championships
and shops for sports
equipment
50.
Diyala 5 dunem 3/22 m4 Al bazool Investment of stadium for
football championships
and shops for sports
equipment
51.
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Diyala 12 dunem 11/4168 m17 Marhaba Investment of stadium for
football championships
and shops for sports
equipment
52.
Diyala 2950 m² 1/1165 m1 Sherween Investment of stadium for
football championships
53.
Diyala 3417 m² 2/546 m82 Qasab Investment of stadium for
football championships
54.
Diyala 3000 m² 2/3928 m1 Sati Investment of stadium for
football championships
55.
Diyala 6 dunem 21 ulk 82 m51 Sindiya Investment of stadium for
football championships
56.
Diyala 11250 m² 3/277 m39 Khirnabat Investment of stadium for
football championships
57.
Diyala 25 dunem 2/10578 m 27 Al Katoon Construction of a water
city
58.
Diyala 7 dunem 23/2103 m31 Um Al
Karami
Investment in the
construction of a closed
playground or swimming
pool
59.
Diyala 914 dunem 20
ulk
Part of plot 2m 21
Meherdar
Investment in sports city,
tourist resort and water
city.
60.
Diyala 10 dunem 10/5/ m 27 Al Rakaa The investment of the
sports club for the
establishment of sports
activities and can be
invested as a cultural
forum
61.
Holy Karbala 5 dunem 4 ulk 3/2936 m61 Swimming Pool 62.
Holy Karbala 1 dunem 20 ulk 1/980 m67 Hashmiya Total investment for the
hall or any addition that
serves the ministry goals
63.
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Holy Karbala 5 dunem 21 ulk 1/4793 m 21 Al
Haideriya
Indoor swimming pool,
commercial mall,
gymnasium and football
field
64.
Holy Karbala 6 dunem 10 ulk 26/428 m 51 Total investment for the
hall
65.
Holy Karbala 60 dunem 11ulk
44m²
3/51839 m 61 Al Jezeera Tourism spa and Luna park 66.
Holy Karbala 5 dunem 1 ulk 3/51848 m 61 Jezeera football field or Various
sports activities
67.
Holy Karbala 3 dunem 880/1 Atiya Various sports activities 68.
Holy Karbala Part of total
area 8 dunem
24 ulk
3/1511 m 21 Al
Haideriya
Exclusively sport
investment
69.
Anbar 5 dunem Ramadi- Zangoora
83/38654 m 47 haswa Al
Shamiya
Artificial grass play yard
with spectators seats
70.
Anbar 9 dunem Ramadi- Al Dewar near
Al Irada school 74/146 m
37 Karghooliya
Artificial grass play yard
with spectators seats
71.
Anbar 4 dunem Ramadi Artificial grass play yard
with spectators seats
72.
Anbar 30 dunem Al Khaldiya – habaniya
40/1353 m 47 haswa Al
Shamiya
Artificial grass play yard
with spectators seats
73.
Anbar 600 dunem Habaniya 4/1364 m 47
haswa Al Shamiya
Sport city in Habaniya 74.
Anbar 9 dumen Ramadi- Soufiya 7/4 m
77 Soufiya beaches
Olympic swimming pool 75.
Anbar 7 dumen 29/24 m 12 Albo Ubaid Artificial grass play
ground with spectators
seats
76.
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Anbar 2 dumen 20 ulk 66/6020 m 4 Zeweaa Al
Dhiban
Indoors hall 1000
spectators
77.
Anbar 16 dunem Ramadi- Zeweaa Al
Sherqiya 1/5127 m 37 Al
Jeel
Artificial grass play
ground with spectators
seats
78.
Anbar 30 dunem 40/643 m 29 Tel Al
Riyian
Sport playground 15000
spectators
79.
Anbar 7 dunem 12 ulk Heet- Yatamiya/ between
Heet and Hadetha 40/3 m
27
Artificial grass play
ground with spectators
seats
80.
Anbar 223/1173 m48 Jinfuta &
Waqasiya
Baghdai Youth Forum type
B
81.
Anbar 5 dunem 21 ulk 9/5615 m1 Sport project 82.
Anbar 2 dunem
1265.5m²
1/2488 m1 Jubail &
Kharab
Pool and spots fields 83.
Anbar 15 dunem 17 ulk 9/2653 +2654 m12 Rehabilitation of
swimming pool and
roofing , rehabilitation of
stadiums and sports halls,
construction of
entertainment complex and
sports shops
84.
Anbar 3 dunem
83/18909 m 47 haswa Al
Shamiya
Reconstruction of the hall
to support sport
85.
Anbar 12 dunem 6 ulk 9/28950 m1 Jubail &
Kharab
The establishment of
sports stadiums, indoor
swimming pool, sports and
youth halls, a building for
sports and youth medicine
86.
Anbar 7 dumen 24 ulk 162/5092 m 28 Construction of swimming
pool, playground and
sports halls
87.
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Anbar 420m² 9/11837 m1 Jubail &
Kharab
Fallujah Sport Club 88.
Saladin 7 dumen 21 ulk City Center near to
retirement office
10/723 m5 Shesheen
Valley
Youth & Sport Club 89.
Saladin 2.5 dunem Town Center 97/1734 m7
Kharja Wa Al Aaly
Al Alam Youth Playground 90.
Saladin Different areas Town Center 44/22m
Hasad & Kooz
Al Hajaj Playground 91.
Saladin Different areas 162/1672 m32 Tal Al
Banat
Al Dour Playground 92.
Saladin Different areas 49/5764 m34 Saad Playground 93.
Saladin Different areas Town Center near the
Polce Station 241/138
m25 Dhilowiya
Dhilowiya Club 94.
Saladin Different areas Touz 1/47 m Basas Touz Playground 95.
Saladin 2 dunem 4 ulk 2400/1198 Sharqiya multi-purpose sports hall 96.
Saladin 18 ulk 4484 Sharqiya Hotel for sports
delegations
97.
Saladin 1 dunem 5 ulk 2/14852 m 7 Matarda multi-purpose hall, sports,
scientific and cultural
activities
98.
Wasit 2 dunem 3/477 m 12 the
remaining area
Al Zubaidiya youth club 99.
Wasit 2 dunem 6/5143 m18 Al
Numaniya village
Al Numaniya youth club
area
100.
Wasit 2 dunem Al Jihad 2/5373 44 Al
Safha
Al Jihad club 101.
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Wasit 9 dunem 248/104 m 28 Jwaismiya Sport project 102.
Wasit 5 dunem Wasit – Aziziya near
Baghdad –Kut main road
7/1 m19 Al Ashar
Penta playground with
accessories
103.
Wasit 2 dunem Badra district, Jessan
11/925 31 Shakly
&Dayer
Plot within Badra club 104.
Wasit 4 dunem Wasit- Badra- Zurbatiya
part of plot 1/95 1/
Jezman
Plot in Zurbatiya Penta
playground with services
105.
Wasit 2 dunem 16 ulk Wasit Al Hay Baasher 1/
30 /16 Bahiya
Indoor hall with services 106.
Wasit 2 dunem 6 ulk Wasit- Deboni 2-
294/29532 Al Deboni
Indoor hall 107.
Wasit 43 ulk Wasit – Kut / Al Jihad
2/5213 44 Al Safha
Penta playground 108.
Wasit 1 dunem 1/ 1463 8/Khamesiya
(Al Muafaqiya
playground)
Plot within Muafaqiya
playground
109.
Wasit 6 dunem Kut- Dejely district
15/1443 47 Nisf
AlDejely (Dejely
playground)
Swimming pool, penta
play ground in Dejely
district
110.
Wasit Different areas Wasit – Aziziya 1263/4
m 18
Al Aziziya youth club 111.
Wasit 4 dunem Al Hawraa near the
Tigress and the
residential complex
7425/1 m45 Um Hilana
Sport city, 112.
Wasit 4 dunem 7425/1 m45 Un Hilana Sport city, with indoor hall
for 2000 people
113.
Wasit 23 dunem 7 ulk Wasit- Numaniya
6/2535/ 18 Al Baghela
Old playground (Al
Numaniya old playground)
5000 people
114.
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Wasit 20 dunem 9 ulk 2633/1 Al Ghrebawiya A sports and youth
complex including a
football field, a five-lane
arena and shops
115.
Wasit 21 ulk 7596/1 m12 Al
Ghrebawiya
Al Shaheed club building
(sport hall or rebuild the
plot)
116.
Wasit 10 dunem 19 ulk 1/26 m 16 Bahiya Baasher stadium 500
people artificial grass and a
five-lane arena
117.
Wasit 100 dunem Al Aziziya 2/385/ 33
Hammurabi
Swimming pool + Mall 118.
Wasit 3 dunem 166/3 m46 Naseef Al
Dejaila
plot 119.
Wasit 4 dunem 4 ulk 5/1728 m9 Zqetat Taj Al Deen sport club 120.
Wasit 12 dunem 5 ulk 2/1840 m6 Jazeera Shehaimiya stadium 121.
Wasit 5 dunem 15 ulk 1/27 m 16 Bahiya Beshir Youth Forum (College of Physical Education, Recreational Sports Club)
122.
Kirkuk 17 dunem 9 ulk 112/2056 m 53 Baghdad
St. near the local Admin.
Olympic pool 123.
Kirkuk 4 dunem 10 ulk 510/4625 m 39 near
Adala Police Station
1st June pool with 3
outdoors tartan playground
+ penta grass field
124.
Kirkuk Different areas 3/1541 m64 Artificial grass play
ground (11 players) with
outdoor tartan field in Al
Salam club
125.
Kirkuk 2 dunem 116/ 18/m 67 Constructing a modern
sports and vertical building
project (balling hall +
fitness hall + bodybuilding
hall (with commercial
mall) (lease)
126.
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Kirkuk 1390 m² 63/6 m66 Commercial sport mall 127.
Kirkuk 9 dunem 23 ulk 4/691 m 53 khasa temari Sport investment for a plot 128.
Kirkuk 6 dunem 26 ulk 100/1698 m 36 Daqooq A regular swimming pool
with multi-use
gymnasiums and activities
129.
Kirkuk 8 dunem 46/7 m53 khasa temari Sport and commercial
investment for a plot
130.
Kirkuk 1.5 dunem 619/3 Biryadi Pool with multi-purpose
halls
131.
Kirkuk 150 dunem 1/100 m56 Skaniyat Sport City 132.
Thi Qar 32 dunem 13 ulk 11/1275 tafeej Old stadium with old
seating rows, area can be
used as pool and
recreational halls
133.
Thi Qar 830 dunem Number (25,24,23)
1m 98/ 1m 97 /1m 96
Water city, recreational
facilities and hotel
134.
Thi Qar Different area 6318/27 Sarai Dawaya Club 135.
Thi Qar Different area 1538 m 17 July Pool and mall 136.
Thi Qar 632 m² 405/1055 Sarai Sport Club 137.
Thi Qar 449/5 Salba Football stadium 5000
people
138.
Al Dewaniya 12 dunem 22 ulk 13/2/m 8 Aziz Alla Sport Club 139.
Al Dewaniya Part of 101 m 11 Abo
Blao
Sport Plot 140.
Al Dewaniya Part of 39/1009
39/1010 m5 Manfahan
Sport Plot 141.
Al Dewaniya 1 dunem 5 ulk 135/959 m 74 Sahi Abo
Hilan
Sport Plot 142.
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Al Dewaniya 6 dunem Part of plot 91/92 m 57
Akar Plot 143.
Al Dewaniya 5 dunem Part of 4/1512 m1 Um Al
Khail
Stadium 144.
Al Dewaniya 2 dunem 13 ulk Part of 26/56 m18 Sadir
Al Yousfiya Sport halls 145.
Al Dewaniya 2 dunem 23 ulk 26/28 m18 Sadir Al
Yousfiya Improve the Olympic pool 146.
Al Dewaniya 18 dunem 22 ulk 2/2422 m2 um al Etham Efek pool and shops 147.
Al Dewaniya 12 dunem 1 ulk 39/1011/m 5 Mnefhan Sport complex+ indoor hall 148.
Al Dewaniya 8 dunem 20 ulk 13/4 m 8 Aziz Alla stadium 149.
Maysan 10 dunem 27/2308 Al Ayami Youth club, indoor hall,
indoor pool, 3 outdoor
playground (basketball,
volleyball, football)
150.
Maysan 3 dunem 4/782 m 15 Pool+ multipurpose sport
hall
151.
Maysan 1610m² 110/1467 Investing the indoor hall 152.
Maysan 2 dunem 5 ulk 108/1853 Two story building with
sport and youth activities
153.
Maysan 11 dunem 13 ulk 40/784 m6 2000 people stadium 154.
Maysan Different area 49/1767 m2 Rehabilitation and
development for the club
155.
Maysan 1 dunem 15 ulk 537/83 Qadiriya Rehabilitation and
development for the club
156.
Nineveh 10.5 dunem 432/6 Jewar Al Mousil Al-Dawasah Stadium
(construction and
renovation of the modern
mall, a two-story hall,
swimming pool shops and
rehabilitation of the Grand
Pedestrian Stadium and a
multi-purpose sports hall
and a stadium
157.
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Nineveh 432/7 Jewar Al Mousil Closed hall 158.
Nineveh 432/10 Jewar Al Mousil Sport Hospitality hall 159.
Nineveh 45/46 Ulmish Sport Falls pool 160.
Nineveh 54/46 Ulmish Olympic pool 161.
Nineveh 23 ulk 432/5 Jewar Al Mousil plot 162.
Nineveh 1 dunem 8 ulk 2760/10 m52 Qojaq Sport project 163.
Nineveh 1 dunem 8 m47 New mankoba Sport project 164.
Nineveh Allocated plot 275/2m 40 Qadhiya Part of Sport plot 165.
Nineveh 432/6
+432/7+432/8+432/9
Jewar Al Mousil
Sport Complex 166.
Nineveh 180/706
180/7
187/1
180/4
M41 Shamaliya
Shops, multi-purpose sport
base
167.
Nineveh 272/2m 43 Qadhiya Sport project 168.
Nineveh 3 dunem 12 ulk Um Al Rabeaiyn Youth
Club
169.
Nineveh 2 dunem 11 ulk 432/8 Jewar Al Mousil Sport club 170.
Nineveh 4 dunem 17 ulk 432/9 Jewar Al Mousil Sport club 171.
Nineveh 2/1006 m 43 Jeela Sport complex, pool and
shops
172.
Nineveh 504/30 m42 west
Nineveh
Penta field with shops 173.
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Nineveh 6/8 m 38 Jedida Al Mufti Penta field, shops luna
park
174.
Nineveh 957/251 m40 east
Nineveh
Artificial grass field , pool
and shops
175.
Basra 585 dunem Plot 849 Qibla near Al
Zubair bridge
Sport city 176.
Basra 4 dunem 20 ulk 1/762 m61 Tlaa Al
Hamza Abo Al Khaseeb
Sport project 177.
Basra 6 dunem 10 ulk 37/2359 m 27 Al Akawat
Shat Al Arab opposite to
the old university
Sport project 178.
Basra 1 dunem 11 ulk 1/584 m 63 Al Deer – Al
Deer sport club
Sport project 179.
Basra 3 dunem 8 ulk 15/1149 m 61 Tera Beni
Mansour / Medina town/
Imam Sadiq village
Sport project 180.
Basra 2 dunem 175/604 m 15 Al Swalih/
Qurna village
Sport project 181.
Basra 10 dunem 17/2/ m53 Al Naseer/
Qurna village
Sport project 182.
Basra 1 dunem 39 ulk 175/605 & 175/604 Al
Swalih/ Qurna village
Sport project 183.
Basra 12 dunem 11 m 21 Al Hota / Shat
Al Arab
Al Kabassy stadium with
artificial grass 500 seat
184.
Basra 12 dunem 115/134 m 24 Nashwa
village near town center
Al Nashwa stadium with
artificial grass 500 seat
185.
Basra 16 dunem 6/ 293 m 41 Balad
Mihzim/ Abo Al
Khaseeb near Hamdan
industrial area
Esood Al Rafedain
stadium with artificial
grass 2000 seat
186.
Basra 12 dunem 1/2107 Al Rabat Al
Kebeer
Hay Al Husain stadium
with artificial grass 1000
seat
187.
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Basra 3 dunem 11 ulk 2361/37 m 27 Al Akawat
Shat Al Arab opposite to
the old university
Shat Al Arab indoors hall
1000 seat
188.
Basra 7 dunem 18 ulk 1700 m Al Kut/ Zubair
village near the farmers
union
Al Zubair hall 1000 seat 189.
Basra 2 dunem 1/2107 Al Rabat Al
Kebeer / Hay Al Husain
Part of plot next to
Olympic pool and motel
190.
Basra 1 dunem 2071/12956 / Saad Sq.
near the main garage
Sport project 191.
Basra 20 ulk 45m² Part of plot 1/2107 Al
Rabaat Al Kabeer Al
Hussain Q. Sport Collage
first line
Sport project 192.
Basra 1 dunem 175/604 m 15 Swailih
Qurna near Al Sharash
sport club
Sport project 193.
Basra 2.5 dunem Part of plot 1/2107 Al
Rabaat Al Kabeer Al
Hussain Q. the sport
university first line
Sport project 194.
Basra 2.5 dunem Part of the total area
belonging to the Faw
Sports Forum Back part
1 (2/3325 m 6 Faw) Faw
center
Sport project 195.
Basra 2 dunem 6 ulk Part of the total area
belonging to the Faw
Sports Forum side part 2
(2/3325 m 6 Faw) Faw
center
Sport project 196.
Basra 1/2107 Al Rabat Al
Kebeer hospitality
building
Sport project 197.
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Basra 2 dunem Part of Al Mina club part
1 plot 35/34 m45 south
Maqal, contract
commitment Al Maqal
Q. Mina Sport Club
Sport project 198.
Basra 1815/520 Kut Basra- Al
Zubair
Al Zubair Sport club 199.
Kirkuk 11/59 m 50 kh.t Al Andalus youth club 200.
Kirkuk 619/3 Biryadi / Rezgari
youth club
Swimming pool with
multipurpose halls
201.
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12. Agriculture sector
Previously, the agricultural sector achieved
remarkable ratios to GDP due to availability of
the basic factors to a successful agriculture
where fertile plains, water of the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers and wide lands, whether
depending on irrigation or rain, as well as
having good amounts of water sources with the
availability of other human and material
resources, so Iraq was considered a food basket
for the Middle East and exporter of various
agricultural products, but this sector
deteriorated in the fourth quarter of the last
century because of neglect, poor management
of water resources and a growing population,
and in spite of these challenges, the sector
continues to play an important role in the Iraqi
economy to its potential in employment which
contribution to the GDP has reached at current
prices %4.16 and constant prices %2.5, while
there are approximately (3,224,265) dunem
declared by the Ministry of Agriculture, all of
these ready to be invested. This sector is a
promising one in terms of the multiplicity and diversity of investment
opportunities and in the presence of the success elements of the work in
this sector so as to ensure the diversity of the food basket and providing
food security through agricultural relative investments of all kinds.
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Number and area of agricultural investment opportunities in Iraqi provinces for 2019
No. Province Number of
opportunities
total area / dunam
1. Baghdad/ Karkh 29 31821
2. Baghdad/ Rusafa - -
3. Nineveh 3 8300
4. Kirkuk - -
5. Saladin 5 31100
6. Anbar 9 807000
7. Babylon - -
8. Diyala 56 2593701750
9. Wasit 41 406512
10. Holy Karbala 3 315000
11. Holy Najaf 3 730000
12. Dewaniya 26 8485017
13. Thi Qar 10 29908
14. Muthana 1 400000
15. Maysan 21 130000
16. Basra 7 21907
Total 214 32,242,655,550
According to MoA letter/ 446 in 18/2/2019 Agriculture Investment Office
199 Iraq Investment Map 2019
Areas for agriculture investment in Iraqi provinces 2019
Number of opportunities 214, total area 32,242,655,550 dunem
Baghdad/ Karkh Baghdad/ Rusafa Nineveh Kirkuk Saladin Anbar Babylon Diyala Wasit Karbala Najaf Dewaniya Thi Qar Muthana Maysan Basra Area in
1000/
dunem
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Agricultural Investment in Iraq in 2019
Except Kurdistan Region 2019
Scale Key
Investment opportunity
201 Iraq Investment Map 2019
Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Baghdad/ Karkh for 2019
Seq. Plot No. County No. Area /
dunam
Type Availability
of water
share
Water
source
Method of
irrigation
Notes
1 3 15/ Dahna 5
Plots are included
in resolution 88 &
76 for 2003
regarding the
previous regime
2 1/70 15/ Dahna
3 1/68 15/ Dahna
4 1/65 15/ Dahna
5 3/9 15/ Dahna 14
6 1/71 15/ Dahna
7 35/3 15/ Dahna
8 1/61 15/ Dahna 5
9 2/198 15/ Dahna 10
10 1/66 15/ Dahna
11 2/198 15/ Dahna
12 1/64 15/ Dahna 9
13 3/19 15/ Dahna
14 1/67 15/ Dahna
15 1 15/ Dahna 29
16 1/75 15/ Dahna
17 4/3 19/
Ghazaliya
10
18 4/3 19/
Ghazaliya
10
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19 4/3 19/
Ghazaliya
40
20 4/6 West
Jebachy
5
21 7 4/ Karara 5
22 7 4/ Karara 5
23 1 4/ Karara 10
24 1/6 4/ Karara 4
25 5/416 4/ Karara 25
26 17/6 4/ Karara 91,21
27 1 4/ Karara 6
28 4/ Karara 25
29 5 4/ Agabiya 10
Number of
opportunities
29
Total area / dunem Total area /
dunem
Agriculture office in Baghdad/ letter no. 16776 in 12/11/2018
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Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Nineveh Province for 2019
Seq. District /
Township
County No. /
Plot No.
Area /
dunam
Type Availabilit
y of water
share/
source
Ground
waters
depth
Soil
Analysis
PH- type
Groundw
ater
validity
Location
from
irrigation
projects
Coordinat
es
x
y
Notes
1 Singar –
Center
1/18 Sito 200 Rocky /
woods
Not
available/
Wells
Less than
100m
9.6-
Gypsum
2500
Milimosz
90km
from Al
Jezeera
irrigation
project
X: 429180
Y:
3621550
Allocated for
livestock
projects
2 Sinjar/ Al
Qairawan
½ /19 Um Al
Shababeet
100 Salty
for
projects
Not
available/
Wells
80-100 m 9.7-
Gypsum
More than
2000
Milimosz
90km
from Al
Jezeera
irrigation
project
X: 429100
Y:
3621500
Allocated for
livestock
projects
3 Singar –
Center
18/ 85 Sinjar
mountain
8000 Salty
for
projects
Not
available/
Wells
100-120m 8.5
Calcic
Less than
2000
milimosz
90km
from Al
Jezeera
irrigation
project
X: 442000
Y:
3621410
Allocated for
woods
Number on opportunities 3
Total area 8300 dumen
According to Agriculture Investment Office in Nineveh Province letter/ number 14317 in 26/9/2018
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Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Saladin Province in 2019
Seq. District/
Township
County
No. /
Plot No.
Area
/
duna
m
Type Availability
of water /
source
Groundwa
ter depth
and
validity
Analysis of
soil
Coordin
ates
x
y
Location
from
irrigation
projects
Notes
PH soil
Type
1 Aldoor 47-48-
49-50-
71/78
Swaida
10000 sandy Not
available /
wells
2 Aldoor 97/74
Um
Jidah
5000 Gypsum Not
available
3 Al Dejail 3/18/4
Shaikh
Jameel
1500 Agriculture available Suitable Contract was signed
with investor Basim
Hamid and partners
4 Balad /
Dhiloiya
105/104/1
4/72
41,40,41 10600 Agriculture available / Unsuitable Contract is signed
between the
Agriculture research
office and Sahl Al
Rafidain Co.
5 Balad /
Dhiloiya
33/25/22/
14
4000 Agriculture available /
Uthaim Rv.
Unsuitable Northern Dhiloiya
project
Number of opportunities 5
Total Area 31100
According to Agriculture Investment Office in Saladin Province letter number 10219 in 6/11/2018
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Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Anbar Province for 2019
No. District/
town
County
No.
Plot No. Area /
dunam
Type Availability
of water
share
Water
source
Method of
irrigation
Depth of
underground
waters
Analysis of soil Validity of
underground
waters
according to
international &
local stander
Location
to
irrigation
projects
Coordinates
x
y
notes
PH soil Tissues
1. Qaem 24/Kalban
al- Tayara
And
22/dayoom
al- Der
1/49
And
27
107200 desert
Lands
available - wells - 7.78 Mixed sandy Valid 5km to
the
Euphrates
X/ 166909
Y/ 3843882
-
2. Qaem 20/Western
Dayoom
Jibab
43 116000 desert
Lands
available - - - 7.27 Mixed Valid 5km to the
Euphrates X/ 179951
Y/ 3793720
-
3. Hdeetha 71/Dayoom
, the middle
island
1 14000 desert
Lands
Unavailable Underground
waters
wells 100 meters 6.66 Mixed sandy valid 12km to
Al
Qadisiya
lake
X/ 0279047
Y/ 3805631
-
4. Faluja/
Saqlawi
ya
36/Al-
Jabal
4/5094 7000 desert
Lands
Unavailable Underground
waters
wells 8.4 Mixed
Clay sandy
invalid outside X/ 379659
Y/ 3709765
High
gypsu
m rate
42%
5. Ramadi Waffa 1 Rutba 60000 Ministr
y of
Financ
e
Available wells wells 150 8.1 Mixed sandy valid 5km to the
Euphrates
X: 220105
Y: 3664015
6. Rutba 1 Nekhaib 1 500000 Desert - wells wells 170-160 7.6 Mixed Not
available
X: 236585
Y: 3633654
7. Hdeetha Haqlaniya 1/69
Shamiya
2250 Unavailable wells wells 250-180 6.6 Mixed valid Not
available
X: 231402
Y: 3758413
8. Heet 390 / 6
haswat
Al
Shamiya
150 Govern
mental
land
Available Euphrates Wells 45 7.5 mixed Gypsum valid 3km to the
river
X: 302438
Y:3716522
Near
the
forest
of Heet
Agricu
lture
dept.
9. Amriya 1/9802
21
Shamiya
400 High
lands
Available Euphrates Wells 7.8 Mixed sandy X: 399350
Y: 3667325
807000 dunem Total area 9 Total number
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According to Agriculture Office in Anbar Province letter number 17954 in 28/11/2018
Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Diyala Province in 2019 Seq District Townshi
p
County No. Plot
No.
Area /
dunam
Type Availability
of water
share
Source of
water
Method
of
irrigation
Analysis of
soil
Water
validity
Locati
on to
irrigati
on
projects
Coordinat
es
x
y
notes
PH soil
Tissues
1 Muqdadiah - 26/Al Haronia 70/12 86 Evergreen
Lands
Unavailable ground
water and
rain
wells 8.6 Mixed
Clay
Unsuitable Outside X: 503100
Y:
3764200
2 Muqdadiah - 26/Al Haronia 76/12 359 Evergreen
Lands
Unavailable ground
water and
rain
wells 8 Mixed
Clay
Unsuitable outside X:502400
Y:
3764731
Gas pipe
area from
A1 to Al
Mansouriy
a station is
excluded
3 Muqdadiah - 37/Wadi
Alhesan
42/1 2813 Evergreen
Lands
Unavailable ground
water and
rain
wells 8.5 Clay
Sandy
Unsuitable outside X: 514400
Y:
3756650
4 Muqdadiah Wajehia 10/Alezia 11/1 150 Evergreen
Lands
available irrigation
project
evergreen
surface
irrigation 7.8 Mixed
Clay
Unsuitable inside X: 496350
Y:
3728200
5 Muqdadiah Wajehia 10/Alezia 1/2 500 Evergreen
Lands
available irrigation
project,(ever
green
surface
irrigation 7.2 Mixed
Clay
unsuitable) inside X: 493500
Y:
3737200
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6 Baquba Kana'n 24/Tal Abo
Raseen
9/1 350 Evergreen
Lands
available irrigation
project,
evergreen
surface
irrigation 7.1 Clay ,(unsuitable) inside X: 488550
Y:
3727300
7 Baquba Buhriz 21/Tal
Al asmar
96/1 to
51/96
&
96/57
4632 Evergreen
Lands
available irrigation
project,
,(unsuitable)
evergreen
surface
irrigation
8.7 Mixed
Clay
Sandy
,(unsuitable) inside X:490376
Y:
3671000
8 Khanaqin Jalawlaa' 34/Kushok 14 40 Evergreen
Lands
Unavailable underground
, evergreen
wells 7.7 Mixed
Sandy
suitable outside - The
coordinate
s could
not be
taken due
to
interfere
with the
army
9 Khanaqin Jalawlaa' 34/Kushok 111 50 Evergreen
Lands
Unavailable underground
, evergreen
wells 7.2 Mixed
Sandy
suitable outside X: 513600
Y:
3798880
10 Khanaqin Jalawlaa' 31/Jamelat
Arab
201 100 Evergreen
Lands
Unavailable underground
, evergreen
wells 8 Mixed
Clay
suitable outside X: 508900
Y:
3799900
11 Moqdadiah Mansoria 28/Mansoriat
Al Jabal
43 200 Evergreen
Lands
Unavailable underground
evergreen
wells 7.2 Mixed
Sandy
,(unsuitable) outside X: 495100
Y:
3777300
12 Moqdadiah Mansoria 36/Almashroh 51.131 11000 Evergreen
Lands
Unavailable underground
,(unsuitable)
evergreen
wells 7.4 Mixed
Clay
,(unsuitable) outside X: 472410
Y:
3782700
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13 Moqdadiah Mansoria 16/Alshohani 293/1&
4
500 Evergreen
Lands
available irrigation
project ,
evergreen
surfaces
irrigation 7.3 Mixed
Clay
(unsuitable), inside X: 486000
Y:
3773600
14 Moqdadiah
Mansoria 36/Almashroh 46, 68
131/1
5000 Evergreen
Lands
Unavailable underground
evergreen
wells 7.5 Mixed
Sandy
,(unsuitable) Outside X: 472643
Y:
3782386
Agricultur
al airport
Jet
runway
15 Moqdadiah Mansoria 15/Almarfoah 3/4 &
3/6
500 Evergreen
Lands
Unavailable underground
,(unsuitable)
evergreen
wells 7.1 Mixed
Clay
unsuitable) Outside X: 469900
Y:
37702000
16 Balad Ros Mandly 25/ kok tepe 96/2 57181 pebble Unavailable underground
evergreen
wells 7 mixed suitable Outside - Ongoing
Correspon
dence to
exclude
300dunem
17 Balad Ros Mandly 31/ Ain Al
Baghdadi
40/8 2000 agriculture available Irrigation
project
Means
irrigation - - invalid inside - -
18 Balad Ros Mandly 25/ kok tepe 96/2 153 pebble Unavailable evergreen wells
7 mixed valid Outside -
19 Balad Ros Balad
Ros 17/ Marhaba 1/146 8 agriculture available -
Means
irrigation - mixed valid Inside X: 503092
Y:
3726454
Partially
used
20 Khanaqeen Jibara 7/Sari Koul 2/1 12895 agriculture available - Means
irrigation - -
Inside -
21 Khanaqeen Jibara 13/Zerdaw 26 7389 agriculture available - Means
irrigation - -
Inside -
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22 Khanaqeen Jibara 13/Zerdaw
13 6592 agriculture available - Means
irrigation - -
Inside -
23 Khalis Udhaim - 28/Man
souriya
/33
Khidhir
Kawa/3
4
Nejana/
35 Ain
Laila
56500 - Unavailable Outside -
24 Baladrooz - 7/66 19
south
Mreja
150 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
livestock
production
25 Baladrooz - 7/133 19
south
Mreja
100 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
livestock
production
26 Baladrooz - 7/87 – 7/86 19
south
Mreja
403 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
27 Baladrooz - 7/97 19
south
Mreja
60 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
livestock
production
28 Baladrooz - 7/88 19
south
Mreja
228 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
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29 Baladrooz - 7/81, 7/7,
7/83. 7/ 82
7/90
19
south
Mreja
665 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
30 Baladrooz - 7/95, 7/94,
7/ 7
89/96
19
south
Mreja
413 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
31 Baladrooz - 144/7
145/7
19
south
Mreja
308 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
32 Baladrooz - 7/85
7/81
19
south
Mreja
626 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
33 Baladrooz - 7/106
7/107
19
south
Mreja
150 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
34 Baladrooz 1/43
1/42
1/44
4 Abo
Kebeer
168 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
35 Baladrooz - 7/90
7/89
19
south
408 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
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Mreja
36 Baladrooz - 1/6 6 Tel
Abo
Rasain
608 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside
37 Baladrooz - 1/9- 1/8- 1/10 6 Tel
Abo
Rasain
953 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
38 Baladrooz - 1/6 6 Tel
Abo
Rasain
168 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 Low fertility Invalid Outside Suitable
for
vegetable
production
39 Mendly 33/46 30
Tehma
ya
208 evergreen unavailable Wells
70 10 mud Invalid
40 The great
dam
87 77
Rakoob
Al
Ehaime
r
2000 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 mud valid
41 Khanaqeen 4/9 9
Kehree
z
2547 evergreen unavailable Wells
80 7 mixed valid
42 Khanaqeen 8 8 haj
qara
150 evergreen unavailable Wells
80 7 mixed valid
43 Jalawla Sadiya 1/161 6
Sadiya
1600 evergreen unavailable Wells
70 7 mixed valid
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44 Mendly 18/16 Kenkee
r valley
177 Agricultur
e
unavailable Wells
70 5 mixed invalid Livestock,
vegetables
, olives
45 Muqdadiya 1 70
Himree
n
Mounta
in
26200 Mountains unavailable Wells
80 7 mixed valid X: 517460
Y:375910
2
46 Muqdadiya 229/1 24/
Ataba
190 Sand lands unavailable Wells
30 - Sandy valid Outside X: 502269
Y:375625
8
47 Mendly Qazaniya 1/16 35/Mo
ualih
800 evergreen unavailable Wells
80 7 Mixed Valid Outside Breeding
dairy
cows and
fattening
calves
48 Khalis 4/3 42/
AlKuty
1650 evergreen unavailable Wells
30 7 mud Valid Outside Breeding
dairy
cows and
fattening
calves
49 Muqdadiya 12/70
1/39
1/40
1/41
26/
Haroni
ya
25/
Haroni
ya
700 evergreen unavailable Wells
60 7 Mixed mud Valid Within
Mahroot
project
50 Great dam 15/1140 32/Ber
ghash
25300 Agricultur
e
unavailable Wells 100 6 Mixed Valid livestock
Project
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Fruit
orchards
and high
oil olives
51 Great dam 8/272 29
Abair
valley
21000 Agricultur
e
unavailable Wells
100 6 Mixed Valid New
irrigation
methods,
Animal
Wealth
Project
Fruit
orchards
and high
oil olives
52 Muqdadiya 1/39
1/40
1/41
26/
Haroni
ya
25/
Haroni
ya
600 agriculture unavailable Wells
60 7 Mixed mud Valid Within
Mahroot
project
Breeding
dairy
cows and
fattening
calves
53 Khalis 2/1
106/1
94/2
71
north
Bekir
Agha
72
south
Bekir
Agha
49
Keshke
en
1542 total
1000
suitable for
agriculture
500
unsuitable
42
buildings
agriculture available Tigress
40 7 Mud Valid Khalis
Caws
project /
milk and
red meat
North
0457662
0457253
0457261
East
3749983
3749969
3749732
54 Baquba Buhruz 2/14
2/25
13/tel
Al
Doob
50,12,28 agriculture available Wells
inside
55 Baquba Buhruz 3/6
5/6
16/ tel
Al
160 agriculture available Wells
inside
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Dhahab
56 Baquba Buhruz 10/23
10/6
10/13
10/24
17/
Imam
Habash
112,5,0 agriculture available Wells
inside
Total area 259370,17.50
Dunam
Number of opportunities 56
According to Agriculture Office in Diyala Province letter number 27595 in 13/11/2018
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Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Wasit Province for 2019 1
No. District town County No. Plot
No.
Area /
dunam
Type Availability
of water
share
Source
of
water
Method of
irrigation
Analysis of soil Coordinates
x
Y
notes
PH soil
Tissues
1. Azezia Centre 34/Jazera 191/1 5932 Agricultural Un
Available
- Means 3.8 Clay 524392
3664083
2. Azezia Center 23/Jazera 67/1 5 Agricultural Un
Available
- Means 7.6 Clay 509036
3647530
Area reduced
from 35 to 5
3. Essouira Al Zobaidia 13/Saysabana 6/1 12 Agricultural Un
Available
- Means 7.4 Clay 512318
3619156
4. Nu'mania Centre 33/Jazera 1/46 5900 Agricultural Un
Available
- Means 7.6 Clay 548086
3627869
5. Nu'mania Centre 30 Bezaiz &
32 jazera
9/2
and
1/10
95 Agricultural Un
Available
- Means - - 526682
3596068
6. Badra Jassan 21/Mweleh 1 3600 Agricultural Un
Available
- wells 7.3 Clay 576889
3636937
7. Badra Jassan 33/Al Hor 2/6 49000 Agricultural Un
Available
- wells - Celtic
Clay
577358
3629557
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8. Badra Jassan 27/Jazera 1/18 100000 Agricultural Un
Available
- wells - clay 576362
3633511
9. Badra Centre 16/ Sajla &
Sabkha
1 800 Agricultural Un
Available
- wells 8.5
8.4
Celtic
Clay
584743
3665664
10. Badra Centre 16/ Sajla &
Sabkha
3 30000 Agricultural Un
Available
- wells 7.2 Celtic
Clay -
584143
3665245
11. Badra Zurbatia 8/Hashema 8 33000 &
1200
Sporadic
Agricultural Un
Available
- wells 7.6
7.6
Clay 578816
3662630
12. Kut Shekh
Sa'ad
46/Ramadan
Ajer
1 26200 Agricultural Un
Available
- means 7.3 Celtic
Clay
632612
3606647
13. Kut Shekh
Sa'ad
45/Ramadan
Ajer
1 11470 Agricultural Un
Available
- means 7.7
Mixed 634482
3612307
Promote Ema
Co. papers
(Brazil)
14. Kut Shekh
Sa'ad
38/Sayed
Mohamed
1 832 Agricultural Un
Available
- means 7.3 Clay 633713
3619964
Promote Ema
Co. papers
(Brazil)
15. Kut Shekh
Sa'ad
45/um Al
Jaradi
1 20501 Agricultural Un
Available
- means 7.4
to
8.5
Sandy
Clay
637531
3628153
Promote Ema
Co. papers
(Brazil)
16. kut center 30 Shwaija 325/1
116 to
129/1
59555 Agricultural Available - Means 7.4 clay 559703
3620412
Area reduced
from 80000 to
59555
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17. Alhay Mowafaqia 22/ Tarat
Efaj
1/14 1050 Agricultural Available - Means 7.1
7.8
Celtic
Clay
0587302
3573905
18. Kut Dejela 5/Hamedia
& Jalebia
7/2 6 Agricultural Available - Means 7.7 Celtic
Clay
623184
3591212
19. Kut Dejela 15/Hor
kharab
5 4725 Agricultural Available - means 7.6 Celtic
Clay
0638113
3553540
20. Kut Dejela 15/Hor
kharab
7/6 9155 Agricultural Available - Means 7.8 Celtic
Clay
644943
3543497
21. Al Hay center 24Khamesia 1/8 120 Agriculture Unavailable - means 7.5 clay 576655
3629257
22. Al Azizia Al Deboni 34 Jazera 1/191 8000 Agriculture unavailable - means 7.6 clay 535543
3637694
23. kut Shikh Saad 37/Khrekhir 960 Agricultural Available means X: 614413
Y:3611361
24. kut Shikh Saad 31/Salty
Ramth
2/1 900 Agriculture unavailable - means 618302
3636154
25. Al Azizia Al Azizia 34 Jazera 191/1 966 Agriculture unavailable - means 578129
3660399
26. Al Azizia Al Azizia 34 Jazera 191/1 780 Agriculture unavailable Means X:515441
Y:3647390
To be
approved to
Investors
Mohamed
Jasim
27. Al Azizia Al Azizia 34 Jazera 191/1 1800 Agriculture unavailable Means 529575
3653080
Undergoing
procedures to
Raad Jawad
Hamad
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28. Badra Zurbatia 8/ Hashima 8 70 Agriculture unavailable - means 587071
3693372
29. kut center 30 Shiwaija 325/1 513 Agriculture unavailable - means 576796
3607743
30. Numaniya Ahrar 5/ Abo Jabir 316/1 1 Agriculture available - means Mushroom
project
31. Numaniya Ahrar 42/ Fhayl 4/1 500 Agriculture unavailable - means 558313
3552496
32. Al Azizia Zubaidia 10/Sharqi
Taweel
5/2 200 Agriculture unavailable - means 516584
3620203
33. Al Hay Mouafaqiya 22/ Qura Ifak 14/2 3624 Agriculture available Means X: 563462
Y: 3550411
34. Al Azizia Debino 29 western
Shadheef
10/32
11/32
12/32
13/32
980 Agriculture unavailable - means 515937
3630776
35. Al
Sewara
Taj Al
Deen
21 Al Jezeera 401/1 4000 Agriculture available - means Inside X: 494234
Y: 3652700
License was
granted to
Abbas Talal,
canceled by
Prime Minister
36. Al
Sewara
Taj Al
Deen
21 Al Jezeera 401/1 1700 Agriculture available - means 495399
3665820
Run by State
real-estate
office, now
investment
opportunity
37. Al Azizia Al Azizia 34 Al Jezeera 191/1 1600 Agriculture available - means Palestine
revolution
land, now
granted for
investment
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38. Kut Shaikh
Saad
1/ Al Uoja 1 1000 Agriculture available - means 603046
367112
39. Kut Shaikh
Saad
45 / Ramadan
Ajir 39 Al
Beda 38
Gheriba east
1 12920 Agriculture available - means 624625
3610196
40. Kut Shaikh
Saad
1 15
west
masna
k 16
east
masna
k
3040 Agriculture Tigris
river
Means 7.5 Mixed 629690
3588401
Total 406512 dunam
Number of opportunities 40
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Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in the Province of Holly Karbala for 2019
Seq. District township County No. Plot No. Area /
dunam
Type source of water Availability of
water share
Method of
irrigation
Depth of
underground
water
Analysis of soil Validity of
underground
waters
Coordinates
x
Y
PH soil
Tissues
1 Centre Alhur 61/Jazera 3 160000 Desert/
unsuitable
underground
water/
Do not have a
share of water
well 30m depth 7.8 Lomé
sandy
invalid 398586/x
3574295/y
2 Ain
Altamur
Alhur 20/Jazera 50 120000 Desert /
suitable
underground
water/
Do not have a
share of water
well 25m depth 7.8 Lomé
sandy
valid 365447/x
3572708/y
3 Centre Husainia 60/Haswa
4/Mkeheel
1,1
35000 Desert
unsuitable
irrigation project / Do not have a
share of water
surface
irrigation
10 m depth 7.4 sandy invalid 402462/x
3621094/y
Total 315000 dunam
Number of opportunities 3
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Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in the Province of Holly Najaf for 2019
Seq. District township County
No.
Plot
No.
Area /
dunam
Type Usage Availability
of water
share
Method of
irrigation
and depth
Coordinates
x
y
Analysis of soil Notes
PH soil Tissues
1 Najaf Shabaka 1 1 700000 Agricultural Agricultural not available Groundwater
180-220m
443018
3467027
6 - 8 Mixed
intersperse
d with
some
flooding
and areas
of gypsum
Enough
water
2 10000 Farm Inmaa
Farm
3 20000 Agriculture
projects
A number
of
agriculture
and
livestock
projects
Total 730000 dunam
Number of opportunities 3
Agriculture office in Najaf / letter no. 15894 in 30/9/2018
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Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Diwaniyah Province for 2019
No. Distric
t
township County
No.
Plot No. Area /
dunam
Type Availability
of water
share
Source of
water
Method of
irrigation
Depth of
undergro
und
waters
Analysis of soil Validity of
undergroun
d waters
Coordinates
x
Y
Location notes
PH soil
Tissues
1. Afak Dijla 1/1, 2 19 Al
taweel
17000 Agricult
ure
unavailable Wells means 7.4 Mixed
clay
X: 567109
Y: 3306147
2. Afak Dijla 16/ Al
Bdair
31 1900 Agricult
ure
unavailable Wells means 7.8 Mixed
clay
X:551390
Y:3540230
Outside
3. Afak Dijla 13/ Al
Bdair
2/2 2650 Agricult
ure
unavailable wells means 8.1 Mixed
clay
548160
3540230
Outside
4. Afak Dijla 12/ Al
Bdair
7 &
16,5
51/11
4800 Agricult
ure
unavailable Irrigation
cannels
means 8.2 Mixed
clay
548621
3544520
Outside
5. Afak Afak 26 Afak 1/1 3000 Agricult
ure
Unavailable wells wells 8.1 Mixed
sandy
541377
3555742
Outside
6. Afak Afak 26 Afak 1/1 450 Agricult
ure
Unavailable wells wells 8.1 mixed 534162
3556576
Outside
7. Afak Afak 26 Afak 1/1 950 Agricult
ure
Unavailable wells wells 8.1 mixed 532804
3558050
Outside
8. Afak Afak 26 Afak 1/1 425 Agricult
ure
Unavailable wells wells 8.1 mixed 534162
3556576
Outside
9. Al
Hamza
Al
Shanafya
3/ Al
Masudia
23/1 1703 Agricult
ure
available Euphrates Wells 30-20 7.8 clay invalid 478348
3501561
inside
10. Al
Hamza
Al
Shanafya
6/ Al
Akrokiya
1 1099 Agricult
ure
Available Euphrates Surface
irrigation
4 7.8 sandy valid 487308
3485515
inside
11. Al
Hamza
Al
Shanafya
11/Al
Rekbaniya
1 6000 Agricult
ure
Unavailable Undergro
und
Wells 40-50 7.9 sandy valid 496106
3464235
Outside
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waters
12. Al
Hamza
Al Hamza 8. Aziz
Alla
1/10 399 Agricult
ure
Available Irrigation
cannels
Euphrates 8.4 clay invalid 490140
3509205
inside
13. Al
Hamza
Al Hamza Abo
Hasheesh/
9
2/10 590 Agricult
ure
Available Irrigation
Cannels
Euphrates 7.9 clay invalid 484766
3502203
inside
14. Al
Hamza
Al Sadeer 6/Imam
Medieen
1/34 250 Agricult
ure
Available Irrigation
Cannels
Euphrates 8.1 clay invalid 484515
3516400
inside
15. Afak Al Bdair 14/ Al
Fawar
1/19 4410 Agricult
ure
available The third
river
means 7.7 mixed invalid X: 532181
Y: 3519335
inside
16. Al
Hamza
Al
Shanafya
10 hor alla 313 3300 Agricult
ure
available Euphrates means 5 m 7.8 mixed valid 520875
3575450
inside
17. Afak Nefer 27/Shat Al
Nile
1 1266 Agricult
ural
un
Available
General
water
point
Wells 5-8 8 Mixed
clay
invalid inside Inaccurate
Coordinates
18. Afak Nefer 14/ Alwa
and
20/9 182 Agricult
ural
un
Available
Salty
water/
Wells 8m 8 Mixed
clay
invalid 514240
3537800
Outside
19. Al
Hamza
Al Sadeer 2/ Al
Dehaya
1/24,
2/24
273.17 Agricult
ure
Available Euphrates means 6 m 7.2 Mixed
clay
valid 504900
3521200
Inside
20. Al
Hamza
Al Sadeer 2/ Al
Dehaya
9 147 Agricult
ure
Available Euphrates means - 7.2 Mixed
clay
valid 500326
3521300
Inside Divided on the
map
21. Al
Hamza
Al Sadeer 2/ Al
Dehaya
1/7, 6/7 166 Agricult
ure
Available Euphrates means - 7.4 Mixed
clay
valid 505125
3521812
Inside
22. Al
Hamza
Al Sadeer 2/ Al
Dehaya
Parts of
12/33 &
3/33 all
of 6/33
500 Agricult
ure
available Euphrates means 7.9 Mixed
clay
invalid 503720
3517640
Inside
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23. Al
Hamza
Shanafiya 12 Al
Usra
136/139
4
26680 Agricult
ure
unavailable wells means valid 465463
3480822
24. Afak Nefer 27/ Shat
Al Neel
1 6100 Agricult
ure
unavailable Outside
irrigation
Outside
irrigation
524750
3569950
25. Afak Al Bdair 13/ Al
Bdair
2/27 10 Agricult
ure
unavailable Third
river
559768
3525935
26. Afak Al Bdair 12/ Al
Bdair
11/51 600 Agricult
ure
unavailable Third
river
554456
3553064
Total 84850.17
Dunam
Number of opportunities 26
Agriculture office in Dewaniya / letter no. 19155 in 6/11/2018
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Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Thi Qar Province for 2019
No. District township County No. Plot No. Area /
Dunam
Type Availability of
water share
Source of water Method of
irrigation
Coordinates
x
Y
Analysis of soil Notes
PH soil
Tissues
1. Chibaesh Manar 10/Albosha
ma
1 1000 Agricultural available Al Gharraf river pumps 3425089
677896
7.47 Mixed
2. Chibaesh Manar 2/Khawema 1 300 Agricultural available Euphrates
pumps 3426170/y
673460/x
7.05 Sandy
Mixed
3. Shatra Daweiya 4/ Hataman 7/7 1000 Agriculture Available Al Gharraf river
pumps 3492542
633624
7.64 Mixed
sandy
4. Shatra Daweiya 30/ Al
|Ghadeen
11 5000 Agriculture Available Al Gharraf river
pumps 3492682
634281
70.7
4
Mixed
sandy
5. Shatra 12/ Al Hijia 157 2008 Agriculture Available Al Hashmiya& Al
Hijiya river pumps 7 Mixed
sandy
6. Al Rifaee Sukar Castle 20/ um Al
Kata
229,12,3,1
0,9,5,2
2000 Agriculture available Al Gharraf river pumps 3532969
617434
7.6 Mixed
sand
7. Nasiriya Center 8/ Al
Hazim, 9
Salibiya, 48
Sakhriya
Part of 15 15000 Agriculture
medium
fertility
available Ibada river out of
Al Huriya river
pumps 608038
3408705
7.1 sandy After
excluding
18000
dunem for
oil
exploring
within the
tenth zone
of
Southern
oils
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8. Sooq Al
Sheyoukh
Al Fadhila 24/Algarta
Algharbia
1 1500 Agriculture
available Al Huriya river pumps 642800
3396700
4.9 Mixed
Clay
Alluvial
9. Sooq Al
Sheyoukh
Al Fadhila 26/Algarta
Alsharqia
1 1500 Agriculture
available Ibada river pumps 640908
3401110
6.8 Mixed
Clay
Alluvial
10. Sooq Al
Sheyoukh
Al Fadhila 37/ Tel Al
laham
1 600 Agriculture
available Ibada river pumps 630312
3407000
7.2 Mixed
Total 29908 Dunam
Number of opportunities 10
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Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Muthanna Province for 2018
Seq. District township County
No.
Plot
No.
Area /
Dunam
Type Availability
of water
share
Source of
water
Method
of
irrigation
Depth of
underground
waters/
validity
Coordinates
x
y
Analysis of
soil
PH soil
Tissues
1 Al
Salman
Al Basea 1/Al
Salman
1 400000 Agricultural available underground
waters
wells 120-200m/
valid
X: 630858
Y:3339299
Sandy &
sandy-
muddy
Total 400000 Dunam
Number of opportunities 1
Al Muthana Agriculture office letter no. 12246 in 7/8/2017
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Predisposing land for agricultural investment in Maysan Province for 2019
No. District township County
No.
Plot
No.
Area /
Dunam
Type Source of
water
Availabilit
y of water
share
Method
of
irrigation
Depth of
undergro
und
waters
Coordinat
es
x
Y
Analysis of soil
Location
to
irrigation
projects
PH soil
Tissues
1. Emmara
Center
Emmara
Center
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
3000 governmental Irrigation
project
available wells 60 m inside 687720
3562153
8.5 Clay
Mixed
2. Ali
Algharbi
Ali
Alsharqi
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
1 4000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m Outside 681800
3553400
8.2 Clay
3. Ali
Algharbi
Ali
Alsharqi
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
10000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m Outside 681800
3553400
8.2 Clay
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4. Ali
Algharbi
Ali
Alsharqi
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
- 10000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m Outside 681800
3553400
8.2 Clay
5. Ali
Algharbi
Ali
Alsharqi
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
- 10000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m Outside 681800
3553400
8.2 Clay
6. Ali
Algharbi
Ali
Alsharqi
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
- 10000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m Outside 681800
3553400
8.2 Clay
7. Ali
Algharbi
Ali
Alsharqi
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
- 10000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m Outside 681800
3553400
8.2 Clay
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8. Emmara
Center
Emmara
Center
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
3000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m 687720
3562153
9. Emmara
Center
Emmara
Center
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m
10. Emmara
Center
Emmara
Center
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m
11. Emmara
Center
Emmara
Center
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m
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12. Emmara
Center
Emmara
Center
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m
13. Emmara
Center
Emmara
Center
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m
14. Emmara
Center
Emmara
Center
11/Part
of
Western
Sayed
Noor
Island &
Al
Hawesh
Swamp
5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells 60 m
15. Emmara
Centre
Al
msharah
23/Alras
heda
1 5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells Outside 739352
3530707
7.9 Clay
Mixed
16. Emmara
Centre
Al
msharah
23/Alras
heda
1 5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells Outside 739352
3530707
7.9 Clay
Mixed
17. Emmara
Centre
Al
msharah
23/Alras
heda
1 5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells Outside 739352
3530707
7.9 Clay
Mixed
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18. Emmara
Centre
Al
msharah
23/Alras
heda
1 5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells Outside 739352
3530707
7.9 Clay
Mixed
19. Emmara
Centre
Al
msharah
24/ Al
Ghazila
Swamp
&
Western
Al Sanaf
1 &
2
5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells Outside 732856
3526957
7.8 Clay
Mixed
20. Emmara
Centre
Al
msharah
24/ Al
Ghazila
Swamp
&
Western
Al Sanaf
1 &
2
5000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells Outside 732856
3526957
7.8 Clay
Mixed
21. Emmara
Centre
Al
msharah
13/ Al
shabeba
& Al
mutashar
at
1 10000 governmental underground
waters/
unsuitable
unavailable wells Outside 724102
3534903
7.5 Clay
Mixed
Total 130000
Dunam
Number of opportunities 21
Maysan Agriculture office letter no. 11070 in 7/10/2018
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Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in Basra Province for 2019
No. District township County
No.
Plot
No.
Area /
Dunam
Type source of
water
Availabili
ty of
water
share
Method of
irrigation/
location to
irrigation
projects
Depth of
undergr
ound
waters
Coordinates
x
Y
Analysis of
soil
Notes
PH soil
Tissues
1. Shat Al
Arab
Nashwa 30 Ktaiban
26 Sabagh
1 & 1 10000 Unsuitable
for
agriculture
river
waters/
unsuitable
available means /
inside
- 7769400
3407000
Clay
salt
2. Qurna Al Mdaina 29/ Al
Fathiya &
Izz Al
Deen
Saleem
157, 34,
35,36,3
8
100 Agriculture river
waters/
available means /
inside
- 718302
3427774
clay Used by
outsider
3. Al Zubair - 51/ Selma -16&31 8 X: 753749
Y: 3350695
-
4. Fao Bihar 2/ kut
khalifa
3/111 253 - 746822
3344915
5. Fao Bihar 1/ kut
Bander
14 107 salty soil New
irrigation
cannel
available Means/
inside
- 743628
3348640
Salty
Clay
War
leftovers
6. Al Zubair - 25/south
Badia
- 4422 Desert undergrou
nd waters /
suitable
unavailable wells 50 m 682600
3386800
- Sandy No official
documents
, no
outsider
Total 21907 Dunam
Number of opportunities 7
Basra Agriculture office letter no. 14030 in 16/11/2017